Death and dignity: Dogma disputed

Lancet

Volumn 360, Issue 9350, 2002, Pages 1997-1998

  Agrawal, Manish ^a   Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DEPRESSION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0037153726     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)12031-9     Document Type: Note

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