Views regarding physician-assisted suicide: A study of medical professionals at various points in their training

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Kitching, Mark ^a   Stevens, Andrew James ^b   Forman, Louise ^a  

^a ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992805686     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2008.008001     Document Type: Article

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