The irony of supporting physician-assisted suicide: A personal account

Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Battin, Margaret Pabst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Paralysis; Physician assisted suicide; Quadriplegia; Quality of life; Right to die; Spinal cord injury; Suffering; Ventilator dependency; Wanting to die

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ETHICS; FAMILY; HUMAN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FAMILY; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 77957676699     PISSN: 13867423     EISSN: 15728633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11019-010-9274-z     Document Type: Article

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