Legal regulation of physician-assisted death - The latest report cards

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 1911-1913

  Quill, Timothy E ^a,b  

^a and Medical Humanities ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 34248324310     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp078061     Document Type: Article

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