Should assisted suicide be only physician assisted?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 482-487

  Faber Langendoen, Kathy ^b   Karlawish, Jason H T ^c   Snyder, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034696526     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-6-200003210-00010     Document Type: Review

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