Physician-assisted suicide and patients with human immunodeficiency virus disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 417-421

  Slome, Lee R ^c   Mitchell, Thomas F ^a   Charlebois, Edwin ^b   Benevedes, Jeffrey Moulton ^c   Abrams, Donald I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HOMOSEXUALS; INTENTION; SAN FRANCISCO; SURVEY; TRENDS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0031051163     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199702063360606     Document Type: Article

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