Killing and Letting Die

A Companion to Applied Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 451-463

  Norcross, Alastair ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American madical association (AMA); Distinction between killing and letting die; Moral issues surrounding euthanasia; Philippa foot; Warren quinn

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958614163     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470996621.ch33     Document Type: Chapter

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