Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
- ISBN-10
- 1861685971
- ISBN-13
- 9781861685971
- Series
- Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
- Category
- Assisted suicide
- Pages
- 44
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Independence Publishers
- Author
- Lisa Firth
Description
Recent high-profile cases of terminally-ill patients fighting for the right to assisted suicide have brought the euthanasia debate to the fore once more.
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