Thoughts of hastening death among hospice patients

Journal of Clinical Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-65

  Daly, Barbara J ^a   Hooks, Jennifer ^b   Youngner, Stuart J ^a   Drew, Barbara ^c   Prince Paul, MaryJo ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NJCW/Montefiore Hospice   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MORALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, NURSING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING RECORDS; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0034149861     PISSN: 10467890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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