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Suicide Types: Physician-Assisted Suicide (IN: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, vol.2: L-Z, ed. by R Kastenbaum)
Kastenbaum R
The author presents a history of physician-assisted death/suicide, explores the contemporary arguments in favour of & opposed to this practice, & examines recent experiences with legalized physician-assisted suicide in The Netherlands & the United States. (15 refs)