The liberty to die: California enacts physician aid-in-dying law

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 315, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 251-252

  Clodfelter, Ryan P ^a   Adashi, Eli Y ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; COURT; DYING; HUMAN DIGNITY; JURISPRUDENCE; LAW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ETHICS; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RIGHT TO DIE;

CALIFORNIA; FREEDOM; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SUPREME COURT DECISIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955307990     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.16242     Document Type: Short Survey

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