A moral defense of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law

Mortality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-67

  Gill, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Callahan; Double Effect; Kass; Oregon; Pellegrino; Physician Assisted Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244478314     PISSN: 13576275     EISSN: 14699885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576270500031055     Document Type: Article

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