Voluntary euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and the goals of medicine

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-137

  Varelius, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Goals of medicine; Justification; Objective; Physician assisted suicide; Subjective; Voluntary euthanasia

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; BIOETHICS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICINE; MORALITY; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRESERVATION; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA; WELLBEING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; THANATOLOGY; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 33645753773     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605310600588665     Document Type: Review

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