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Medical assistance in dying for mental illness: a complex intervention requiring a correspondingly complex evaluation approach: commentary, Breen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2024

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Eugene G. Breen*
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Department of Adult Psychiatry, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Correspondence: Eugene G. Breen. Email: [email protected]
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MAiDassisted suicidemental illness
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 225 , Issue 1 , July 2024 , pp. 292
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal College of Psychiatrists

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