No, we don't think our doctors are out to get us: Responding to the straw man distortions of disability rights arguments against assisted suicide

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-38

  Gill, Carol J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Bioethics; Disability rights; People with disabilities; Right to die

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION;

DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 72949103121     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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