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Assisted dying for mental illness: commentary, Breen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2025

Eugene G Breen*
Affiliation:
Consultant psychiatrist, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
*
Correspondence: Eugene G. Breen. Email: [email protected]

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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