Paging Dr. Death: The political theater of assisted suicide in Michigan

Politics and the Life Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-103

  Fino, Susan P ^a   Strate, John M ^a   Zalman, Marvin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 25644432212     PISSN: 07309384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S073093840002030X     Document Type: Article

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