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Commonwealth v. Carter and Legal Interpretations of Facilitated Suicide

Elias Ghossoub, Jacqueline Landess and William J. Newman
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2018, 46 (4) 521-531; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003801-18
Elias Ghossoub
Dr. Ghossoub is a Fellow in the Forensic Psychiatry Division. Dr. Landess is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Newman is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
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Jacqueline Landess
Dr. Ghossoub is a Fellow in the Forensic Psychiatry Division. Dr. Landess is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Newman is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
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William J. Newman
Dr. Ghossoub is a Fellow in the Forensic Psychiatry Division. Dr. Landess is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Newman is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
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vol. 46 no. 4 521-531
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.003801-18
PubMed 
30593482

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
History 
  • Published online December 28, 2018.

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© 2018 American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

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  1. Elias Ghossoub, MD, MSc,
  2. Jacqueline Landess, MD, JD and
  3. William J. Newman, MD
  1. Dr. Ghossoub is a Fellow in the Forensic Psychiatry Division. Dr. Landess is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Dr. Newman is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO.
  1. Address correspondence to Elias Ghossoub, MD, MSc, Department of Psychiatry, Saint Louis University, 1438 South Grand Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63104. E-mail: elias.ghossoub{at}health.slu.edu

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