Palliative care and the euthanasia debate: Recent developments

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-96

  Huxtable, Richard ^a   Campbell, Alastair V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; PUBLISHING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0037248629     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm672ed     Document Type: Editorial

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