Abstract:
:This paper summarises the features of my paper, 'Voluntary Active Euthanasia', and a later jointly authored paper, 'Moral Fictions', which I believe are examples of good medical ethics.
journal_name
J Med Ethicsjournal_title
Journal of medical ethicsauthors
Brock DWdoi
10.1136/medethics-2014-102293subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-01-01 00:00:00pages
34-6issue
1eissn
0306-6800issn
1473-4257pii
medethics-2014-102293journal_volume
41pub_type
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