Terri Schiavo and the roman catholic tradition of forgoing extraordinary means of care

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 359-362

  Sulmasy, Daniel P ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL MANHATTAN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 23944512153     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2005.tb00500.x     Document Type: Review

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