Attitudes among NHS doctors to requests for euthanasia

BMJ

Volumn 308, Issue 6940, 1994, Pages 1332-

  Ward, B J ^a,b   Tate, P A ^a,b  

^a East Barnwell Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; SURVEY; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSULTANTS; ENGLAND; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0028365840     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.308.6940.1332     Document Type: Article

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