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  • Title: Attitudes of Italian doctors to euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
    Author: Grassi L, Agostini M, Magnani K.
    Journal: Lancet; 1999 Nov 27; 354(9193):1876-7. PubMed ID: 11657574.
    Abstract:
    Among Italian hospital physicians and general practitioners, 17.9% endorsed euthanasia or assisted suicide for terminally ill patients and 79.4% endorsed withholding or withdrawal of treatment. Need for attention to quality of life and pain control also emerged.
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