Assisted suicide and euthanasia: What about the clinical issues?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-8

  Kelly, Brian J ^a   Varghese, Francis T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0029960786     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609076068     Document Type: Review

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