Care of the Hopelessly Ill: Proposed Clinical Criteria for Physician-Assisted Suicide

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 19, 1992, Pages 1380-1384

  Quill, Timothy E ^a   Cassel, Christine K ^b   Meier, Diane E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETHAL DOSE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0026779361     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199211053271911     Document Type: Editorial

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