Euthanatics: Implementation of a protocol to standardise euthanatics among pharmacists and GPs

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-137

  Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Muller, Martien T ^b,c   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Naarderheem Ctr Rehab Long Term C   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Euthanasia; Implementation; Protocol

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHARMACIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030959294     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(97)00998-1     Document Type: Article

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