Ancient euthanasia: 'Good death' and the doctor in the graeco-Roman world

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 975-985

  Van Hooff, Anton J L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Good death; Graeco Roman times; Hippocratic oath; Medically assisted suicide; Voluntary death

Indexed keywords

ROMAN ERA;

COMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAWYER; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHIATRIST; SUICIDE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

EID: 0346461583     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.10.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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