Hospital social workers’ attitudes toward euthanasia and assisted suicide

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-73

  Csikai, Ellen L ^a  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Ethical issues; Ethics; Euthanasia; Social work practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 0033805087     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v30n01_04     Document Type: Article

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