The legislation of active voluntary euthanasia in Australia: Will the slippery slope prove fatal?

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 273-278

  Kerridge, Ian H ^a   Mitchell, Kenneth R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Hlth Law Ethics in the Same Fac

Author keywords

Active voluntary euthanasia in Australia; Arguments against euthanasia; Arguments for euthanasia; Legislation in Australia; The slippery slope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LAW; LIVING WILL;

EID: 0029847751     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.22.5.273     Document Type: Article

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