The role of guidelines in the practice of physician-assisted suicide

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 476-481

  Caplan, Arthur L ^a   Snyder, Lois ^a   Faber Langendoen, Kathy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUTHANASIA; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034696577     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-132-6-200003210-00009     Document Type: Review

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