Professional organizations' position statements on physician-assisted suicide: A case for studied neutrality

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-211

  Quill, Timothy E ^a   Cassel, Christine K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0037418153     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-3-200302040-00013     Document Type: Review

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