Clinical issues in euthanasia.

J R Zalcberg; J D Buchanan

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140051.x

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Clinical issues in euthanasia.

J R Zalcberg·J D Buchanan

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We consider the euthanasia debate from the perspective of the clinical interface between doctors, patients and their families-a perspective that is lacking in much public discussion of euthanasia (defined as the deliberate taking of an individual's life at their request).

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J R Zalcberg, J D Buchanan. 1997-02-03. Clinical issues in euthanasia.. https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb140051.x

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