Euthanasia and assisted suicide: A family practice perspective

American Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2437-2444

  Gates, Thomas J ^a,b,c  

^a LANCASTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AUTONOMY; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; MORAL POLICY; UNITED STATES;

BENEFICENCE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030916727     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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