Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide; A social work update

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-65

  Smokowski, Paul R ^a   Wodarski, John S ^a  

^a School of Social Work   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; GOVERNMENT; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; SUICIDE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029896677     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v23n01_04     Document Type: Article

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