{"id":7344,"date":"2017-07-10T06:40:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T13:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7344"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:31:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T05:31:19","slug":"why-dont-more-ontario-doctors-provide-medically-assisted-dying-its-not-the-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=7344","title":{"rendered":"Why don&#8217;t more Ontario doctors provide medically assisted dying? 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