Practical issues in physician-assisted suicide

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-151

  Drickamer, Margaret A ^a   Lee, Melinda A ^b   Ganzini, Linda ^b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031027592     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-126-2-199701150-00009     Document Type: Review

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