Framing life and death: Physician-assisted suicide and the New York Times from 1991 to 1996

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-112

  Kalwinsky, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 1542433292     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859998022001007     Document Type: Review

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