Oregon's experience: Evaluating the record

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Lindsay, Ronald A ^a  

^a Center for Inquiry   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted death; End of life issues; Palliative care; Physician assisted suicide; Risk benefit analysis; Wedge argument

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MENTAL CAPACITY; NOMENCLATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; RIGHT TO DIE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MENTAL COMPETENCY; OREGON; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

EID: 61449144541     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265160802654137     Document Type: Article

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