End-of-life care in the Netherlands and the United States: A comparison of values, justifications, and practices

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-204

  Quill, Timothy E ^a   Kimsma, Gerrit ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REVIEW; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA;

AGED; CONSENSUS; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; DOUBLE EFFECT; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL VALUES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031090665     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0963180100007805     Document Type: Article

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