Attitudes of Michigan physicians and the public toward legalizing physician-assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 303-309

  Bachman, Jerald G ^a   Alcser, Kirsten H ^a   Doukas, David J ^a,b   Lichtenstein, Richard L ^a   Corning, Amy D ^a   Brody, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0030071454     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199602013340506     Document Type: Article

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