Aiming to kill: the ethics of suicide and euthanasia

Authored by Nigel Biggar, Longman and Todd: Published by Darton, 2004, £10.95 (paper back), pp 220. ISBN 0-232-52406-8 The literature on euthanasia and suicide is substantial and ever growing. In his book Aiming to kill, Nigel Biggar, a theologian, adds to this something that is hard to come across,...

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Main Author: Coggon, J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2006
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 32, Issue: 9, Pages: 556
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