Rational suicide in the terminally III

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-151

  Fontana, Joyce S ^a,b,c  

^a Iota Upsilon at large   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; History; Philosophy; Rational suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0036046781     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2002.00147.x     Document Type: Review

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