The use and abuse of the principle of double effect

Clinical Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 86-90

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double effect; Euthanasia; Medical ethics; Narcotic analgesics

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; EUTHANASIA; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0029969491     PISSN: 10680640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045413-199603000-00006     Document Type: Review

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