The bell tolls for a constitutional right to physician-assisted suicide

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1098-1103

  Annas, George J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

CRUZAN V. DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT; LEGAL APPROACH; NEW YORK STATE TASK FORCE ON LIFE AND THE LAW; PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA V. CASEY; VACCO V. QUILL; WASHINGTON V. GLUCKSBERG;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CIVIL RIGHTS; DOUBLE EFFECT; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RIGHT TO DIE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; WEDGE ARGUMENT; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0030884281     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199710093371523     Document Type: Review

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