Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: A comparative survey of physicians, terminally ill cancer patients, and the general population

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 418-427

  Suarez Almazor, M E ^a   Belzile, M ^a   Bruera, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER PATIENT; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SUICIDE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0031034434     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.2.418     Document Type: Article

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