Interest in physician-assisted suicide among ambulatory HIV-infected patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 238-242

  Breitbart, William ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Barry D ^a   Passik, Steven D ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUTHANASIA; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030061182     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.2.238     Document Type: Article

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