New interim guidance on assisted suicide

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7732, 2009, Pages 1209-

  Huxtable, Richard ^a   Forbes, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; DECISION MAKING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 71749108351     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4900     Document Type: Editorial

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