Facing requests for physician-assisted suicide: Toward a practical and principled clinical skill set

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 643-647

  Emanuel, Linda L ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKILL; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0032547329     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.7.643     Document Type: Review

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