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Michael Irwin

Michael Henry Knox Irwin is a former GP and former medical director of the United Nations. He is a humanist and secularist activist and a campaigner for voluntary euthanasia.

Michael Henry Knox Irwin is a former GP and former medical director of the United Nations. He is a humanist and secularist activist and a campaigner for voluntary euthanasia.

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