The supreme court and the purposes of medicine

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 993-995

  Bloche, M Gregg ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COURT; EMPOWERMENT; EUTHANASIA; GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; GONZALES V. OREGON; LEGAL APPROACH; WASHINGTON V. GLUCKSBERG;

ABORTION, LEGAL; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; ETHICS, CLINICAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MORALS; OREGON; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644827934     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp068019     Document Type: Short Survey

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