Lawful Physician-hastened Death: AAN Position Statement

Overview

Journal Neurology

Specialty Neurology

Date 2018 Feb 28

PMID 29483313

Citations 3

Authors

James A Russell

Leon G Epstein

Richard J Bonnie

Robin Conwit

William D Graf

Matthew Kirschen

Julie A Kurek

Daniel G Larriviere

Robert M Pascuzzi

Matthew Rizzo

Justin A Sattin

Zachary Simmons

Lynne Taylor

Amy Tsou

Michael A Williams

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