Attitudes toward assisted suicide and euthanasia among physicians in South Carolina and Washington

Omega

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-218

  Dickinson, George E ^a   Lancaster, Carol J ^b   Sumner, Edward D ^b   Cohen, Jonathan S ^c  

^a School of Business   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICINE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS COMMITTEES, CLINICAL; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FAMILY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MORALS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RIGHT TO DIE; SOUTH CAROLINA; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0031292418     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/CJWL-AB7G-HYX4-DBJH     Document Type: Article

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