The euthanasia law in Belgium and the Netherlands [3]

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9391, 2003, Pages 1239-1240

  Deliens, Luc ^b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CONSCIENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LETTER; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; SUICIDE;

EID: 0141918800     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14520-5     Document Type: Letter

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