Rational suicide: Philosophical perspectives on schizophrenia

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-31

  Hewitt, Jeanette ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy; Psychiatry; Rationality; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUICIDE;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

EID: 77949530220     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-009-9183-1     Document Type: Article

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