Attitudes of Italian doctors to euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients

Lancet

Volumn 354, Issue 9193, 1999, Pages 1876-1877

  Grassi, L ^a   Agostini, M ^a   Magnani, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HOSPITAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; RELIGION; RIGHT TO DIE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ATTITUDE; CATHOLICISM; DATA COLLECTION; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; ITALY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RIGHT TO DIE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0033610510     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)04194-X     Document Type: Article

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