Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: Attitudes and experiences of oncology patients, oncologists, and the public

Lancet

Volumn 347, Issue 9018, 1996, Pages 1805-1810

  Emanuel, Ezekiel J ^a   Fairclough, Diane L ^a   Daniels, Elisabeth R ^a   Clarridge, Brian R ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0029786164     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)91621-9     Document Type: Article

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