On the morality of euthanasia and assisted suicide;Sobre la moralidad de la eutanasia y del suicidio asistido

Revista de Calidad Asistencial

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 400-407

  Martínez Urionabarrenetxea, Koldo ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Bioethics; Euthanasia; Palliative care; Terminally ill patient

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; BIOETHICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30944467487     PISSN: 1134282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1134-282X(05)70785-5     Document Type: Article

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