Why psychiatrists should not participate in euthanasia and physician- assisted suicide

American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-48

  Orr, Robert D ^a,b,c,d   Bishop, Leigh ^e,f,g,h,i,j  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Center for Christian Bioethics

^e MENNINGER CLINIC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVING WILL; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

EUTHANASIA; GUIDELINES; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PSYCHIATRY; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031892650     PISSN: 01631942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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