From the USA: Understanding requests for physician-assisted death

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-114

  Ganzini, Linda ^a   Back, Anthony ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPIRICISM; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037252181     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216303pm700op     Document Type: Note

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