Role of non-governmental organisations in physician assisted suicide

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7588, 2007, Pages 295-298

  Ziegler, Stephen J ^a   Bosshard, Georg ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUICIDE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ETHICS; LEGAL ASPECT; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD;

HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONS; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33847169555     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39100.417072.be     Document Type: Review

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