Euthanasia in neonates

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7600, 2007, Pages 912-913

  Costeloe, Kate ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; BIOETHICS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EDITORIAL; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EUTHANASIA; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 34249292683     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39177.456481.BE     Document Type: Editorial

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