"Right to Die" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The right of the patient or the patient's representative to make decisions with regard to the patient's dying.
| Descriptor ID |
D012297
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.473.650.952 N03.706.437.650.750
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Right to Die" by people in Profiles.
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"My mother was 67. . . ". Arch Intern Med. 2012 Aug 13; 172(15):1132.