An update on the Kevorkian-Reding 93 physician-assisted deaths in Michigan: Is Kevorkian a savior, serial-killer or suicidal martyr?

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 209-229

  Kaplan, Kalman J ^a,d   O'Dell, Jyll ^b   Dragovic, Ljubisa J ^c   McKeon, M Catherine ^a   Bentley, Emily ^a   Telmet, Kaja L ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b John Jay College of Justice

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MORBIDITY; MOTIVATION; PAIN; PHYSICIANS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0033489604     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/gj87-uaxj-2fhw-t72d     Document Type: Review

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