Current Events and Bioethical Concerns in Physician-Assisted Death

Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 257-264

  Berger, Jeffrey T ^a,d   Rosner, Fred ^b   Bennett, Allen J ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Bioethics; Euthanasia; Patient rights

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MEDICAL ETHICS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032161410     PISSN: 00272507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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