Freud's physician-assisted death.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- McCue, Jack D.; Cohen, Lewis M.
- Source
- Archives of Internal Medicine. 7/26/99, Vol. 159 Issue 14, p1521. 5p.
- Subject
- *ASSISTED suicide
*EUTHANASIA
*PSYCHOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0003-9926
Focuses on Sigmund Freud's concept of physician-assisted death. History of his affliction with a malignant oral epithelioma; Freud's choice of euthanasia; Relevance of Freud's choice in modern times; Appropriateness of assisted death in a physician's practice; Lessons learned from Freud's choice of physician-assisted suicide.