Practical reasons and reasonable practice: The case of euthanasia in the Netherlands

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-168

  Hessing, Dick J ^a,b,c   Blad, John R ^a   Pieterman, Roel ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; LEGAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIANS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0000742013     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1996.tb01573.x     Document Type: Article

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