End-of-life: The traditional Christian view

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Volumn 366, Issue 9490, 2005, Pages 1045-1049

  Engelhardt Jr , H Tristram ^a   Iltis, Ana Smith ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLERGY; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; THEOLOGY;

EID: 24944553331     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67383-7     Document Type: Note

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