The influence of medical and legal authorities on deaths facilitated by physicians

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-57

  Phillips, David P ^a   Christenfeld, Nicholas ^b   Glynn, Laura M ^c   Steinberg, Alycia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMA; COURT; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CRUZAN V. DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EDITORIAL POLICIES; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALES; JUDICIAL ACTION; NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE; SOCIAL IMPACT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMA; EDITORIAL POLICIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDICIAL ROLE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0032931220     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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