Advance Directive: A Study on the Knowledge and Attitudes among General Practitioners in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 145-148

  Tee, K H ^a   Seet, L T ^a   Tan, W C ^a   Choo, H W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Implementation; Legislation; Life sustaining measures; Religion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION; SINGAPORE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0031111634     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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