The Relationship between Euthanasia and Suicide in the Netherlands: A Time Series Analysis, 1950-1990

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 577-593

  Zalman, Marvin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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