Assessing the arguments for and against euthanasia and assisted suicide: Part two

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 388-401

  Thomasma, David C ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; ETHICS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MOTIVATION; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032161214     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180198704086     Document Type: Article

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