Causing death or allowing to die? Developments in the law

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P R Ferguson1

  • 1Department of Law, University of Dundee, Scotland.

Journal of Medical Ethics
|February 6, 1998
PubMed

Keywords:
Airedale NHS Trust v. BlandAnalytical ApproachDeath and EuthanasiaLaw Hospital NHS Trust v. Lord AdvocateLegal ApproachR. v. Cox

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