Should a child's life be sustained at all costs?

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-120

  Foster, Claire ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humanity; Limited resources; Morality; Quality of life; Sustaining life

Indexed keywords

EID: 29744435154     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104596011010     Document Type: Article

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