Assisted suicide: Is there a future? Ethical and nursing considerations

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-54

  Kowalski, Susan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life decisions; ethics; euthanasia; physician assisted suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

EID: 0029918168     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002727-199605000-00007     Document Type: Review

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