Determinants of the willingness to endorse assisted suicide: A survey of physicians, nurses, and social workers

Psychosomatics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 277-287

  Portenoy, Russell K ^a   Coyle, Nessa ^b   Kash, Kathryn M ^b   Brescia, Frank ^b   Scanlon, Colleen ^b   O'Hare, Daniel ^b   Misbin, Robert I ^b   Holland, Jimmie ^b   Foley, Kathleen M ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BURNOUT; CANCER PATIENT; EMPATHY; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; RACE; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; SUICIDE; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030993826     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3182(97)71465-8     Document Type: Article

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