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The “Foresty Way”: My Mother’s Brave Choice of Medical Aid in Dying

Margaret A. Handley
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2020, 18 (6) 553-554; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2606
Margaret A. Handley
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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vol. 18 no. 6 553-554
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2606
PubMed 
33168684

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The Annals of Family Medicine
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1544-1709
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1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication April 22, 2020
  • Revision received June 9, 2020
  • Accepted for publication June 17, 2020
  • Published online November 9, 2020.

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  1. Margaret A. Handley, PhD, MPH⇑
  1. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Margaret A. Handley, PdD, MPH University of California, San Francisco 550 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94158 margaret.handley{at}ucsf.edu

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