Assisted dying: Considerations in the continuing debate

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 543-547

  Saunders, John ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEVILL HALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; DYING; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT RIGHT; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 29244448750     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.5-6-543     Document Type: Editorial

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