A comparison of japanese and american psychiatrists’ attitudes towards patients wishing to die in the general hospital

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 319-328

  Berger, Douglas ^a,c   Fukunishi, Isao ^c   O’dowd, Mary Alice ^b   Hosaka, Takashi ^d   Kuboki, Tomifusa ^a   Ishikawa, Yoshihiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Japan; Medical patients; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030663717     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289155     Document Type: Article

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