+ Older Women and Mercy Killing
- Author:
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Canetto, S.S. / Hollenshead, J.D.
- Date:
- 2000
- Publication:
- Omega: Journal of Death and Dying
- Topics:
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Gender, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Euthanasia, Firearms, mercy killing, terminal illness
The authors examine cases of mercy killing in the U.S. recorded by The Hemlock Society between 1960 and 1993. A total of 112 persons were the target of mercy killing within that time frame, out of which...
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