Assisted suicide

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7448, 2004, Pages 1088-1089

  Huxtable, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRIME; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 2342572223     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7448.1088     Document Type: Editorial

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