The new dutch law on legalizing physician-assisted death

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 445-450

  Kimsma, Gerrit ^a   Van Leeuwen, Evert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORALS; NETHERLANDS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0035457564     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180101004121     Document Type: Review

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