| Physician-assisted suicide. Legal rulings skirt around ethics of aid-in-dying. | |
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PMID: 10134839 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Kevorkian's acquittal of violating Michigan's assisted-suicide ban and a federal court's ruling that Washington state's ban on assisted suicide is unconstitutional say more about the inability of the judicial process to provide clear guidance through ethical quagmires than they do about ethical issues at hand, as the following articles explain. |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Hospital ethics / American Hospital Association Volume: 10 ISSN: 8756-8519 ISO Abbreviation: Hosp Ethics Publication Date: 1994 Jul-Aug |
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Created Date: 1994-08-17 Completed Date: 1994-08-17 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8602397 Medline TA: Hosp Ethics Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1-6 Citation Subset: H |
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Ethics, Medical* Euthanasia / legislation & jurisprudence Humans Michigan New York Physician's Role Suicide, Assisted / legislation & jurisprudence* United States Washington |
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