Help! My body is being invaded by an alien!

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 60-61

  Davis, Dena ^a,b  

^a Cleveland Marshall College of Law   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; NETHERLANDS; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVE ADHERENCE; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; DEMENTIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHILOSOPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34147199201     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701221129     Document Type: Note

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