Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 570-575, November 2001

Emergency physicians and physician-assisted suicide, part I: A review of the physician-assisted suicide debate☆☆☆

From the Department of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University,* and the Bioethics Center, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina,‡ Greenville, NC; the Arizona Bioethics Program,§ and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center,∥ Tucson, AZ

Received 27 December 2000; received in revised form 5 April 2001 and 19 June 2001; accepted 19 July 2001.

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☆ This article originated as a project of the 1999-2000 American College of Emergency Physicians Ethics Committee.

☆☆ Address for reprints: John C. Moskop, PhD, Department of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 600 Moye Boulevard, Greenville, NC 27858; 252-816-2361,fax 252-816-2319; E-mail moskopj@mail.ecu.edu. .

PII: S0196-0644(01)69368-5

doi:10.1067/mem.2001.118860

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Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 570-575, November 2001

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