Surveys on attitudes to active euthanasia and the difficulty of drawing normative conclusions

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 111-116

  Nilstun, Tore ^a   Melltorp, Gunilla ^b   Hermerén, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

active euthanasia; attitudes; ethics; meta analysis; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EUTHANASIA; FREEDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; FREEDOM; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; RIGHT TO DIE;

EID: 0034202864     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/140349480002800206     Document Type: Article

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