Euthanasia and assisted suicide: Facts, figures and fancies with special regard to old age

Drugs and Aging

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-191

  Muller, Martien T ^a,b   Kimsma, Gerrit K ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Naarderheem Ctr Rehab Long Term C   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DENMARK; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

AGED; AGING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; PERSONS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

EID: 0031683677     PISSN: 1170229X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002512-199813030-00001     Document Type: Article

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