MEDIZIN: Editorial
Lebenswille statt Euthanasie: Innen- statt Außenansichten neurodegenerativer Erkrankungen
The Will to Live Instead of Euthanasia: Neurodegenerative Diseases As Seen by the Sufferers Themselves
Dtsch Arztebl 2008; 105(23): 395; DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2008.0395
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