Can suicide be a rational and ethical act in persons with early or pre-dementia?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 47-49

  Rabins, Peter V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMENTIA; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MORALS; SUICIDE;

EID: 34250198696     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160701347494     Document Type: Review

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