Reasons for Wanting Assisted Suicide: A Retrospective Evaluation of Telephone Inquiries.
The debate on assisted suicide is as topical as ever in Germany. Since the German Federal Constitutional Court declared § 217 of the German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB) to be invalid in February 2020, it is unclear whether and, if so, which legal regulation will be passed. From a terminolog...
| Published in: | Deutsches Ärzteblatt International Vol. 120; no. 44; pp. 754 - 756 |
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Deutscher Aerzte-Verlag GmbH
11/3/2023
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