Depression and the right to die

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 112-115

  Leeman, Cavin P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PATIENT RIGHT; REVIEW;

EID: 0032899365     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(98)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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