Is terminal sedation a form of help in dying?;Er terminal sedering aktiv dødshjelp?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 120, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1763-1768

  Materstvedt, Lars Johan ^a   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Kreftavdelingen   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; RIGHT TO DIE; SCANDINAVIA; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; RIGHT TO DIE; SCANDINAVIA; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034631134     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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