"Medical Friendships" in Assisted Dying

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-67

  Clark, Chalmers C ^a   Kimsma, Gerrit K ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

EID: 1442275754     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0963180104131113     Document Type: Review

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