Towards the right to be killed? Treatment refusal, assisted suicide and euthanasia in the United States and Canada

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 341-353

  Lemmens, Trudo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPETENCE; EUTHANASIA; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; LAW; LIVING WILL; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029899734     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011549     Document Type: Article

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