Assessment of physician-assisted death by members of the public prosecution in the Netherlands

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-15

  Cuperus Bosma, Jacqueline M ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^c   Looman, Caspar W N ^b   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Assessment; Euthanasia; Notification procedure; Physician assisted death; Public prosecutor; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURT; EUTHANASIA; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 0033059819     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.25.1.8     Document Type: Article

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