Attitudes of Oregon psychiatrists toward physician-assisted suicide

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1469-1475

  Ganzini, Linda ^a   Fenn, Darien S ^b   Lee, Melinda A ^b   Heintz, Ronald T ^b   Bloom, Joseph D ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029858023     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.11.1469     Document Type: Article

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