Euthanasia and assisted suicide: General concepts and legal status in Europe, Oregon, and Australia (I);Eutanasia y suicidio asistido: Conceptos generales, situación legal en Europa, Oregón y Australia (I)

Medicina Paliativa

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 207-215

  De Miguel Sánchez, Cristina ^a,c   Lopez Romero A ^b  

^a U de Invest de Atencion Primaria   (Spain)

^b Centro de Salud Condes de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c ESAD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eutanasia; Physician assisted suicide; Terminal Care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER PATIENT; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; SEDATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846407548     PISSN: 1134248X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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