"Death talk": debating euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Australia

Hunt, Roger W; Parker, Malcolm; Syme, Rodney A; Anaf, Julia M; Nommensen, Clem F; Coombe, Frances J; Somerville, Margaret A

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05426.x

Topics

Ethics and law

Roger W Hunt

700 Goodwood Road, Daws Park, SA 2041.

Correspondence:

Competing interests:

R A S is President of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society of Victoria.

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