Older women and mercy killing

Omega

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-99

  Canetto, Silvia Sara ^a   Hollenshead, Janet D ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEMLOCK SOCIETY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; STATISTICS;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEMLOCK SOCIETY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; WOMEN;

EID: 0034593097     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/nrb4-jh8b-vbcw-wm7j     Document Type: Article

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