Eutanasia y cuidados paliativos: ¿amistades peligrosas?

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 142-145

  Martínez Urionabarrenetxea, Koldo ^a  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0035798997     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(01)71751-4     Document Type: Article

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