Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 364-371

  Swarte, Nikkie B ^a   Heintz, A Peter M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Gynaecology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Euthanasia; Oncology; Physician assisted suicide

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033384143     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899908998793     Document Type: Review

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