Public opinion on active euthanasia: Results of a pilot study;Das offentliche meinungsbild zur aktiven sterbehilfe - Ergebnisse eines pilotprojeckts

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 308-315

  Helou, Antonius ^a   Wende, A ^a   Hecke, T ^a   Rohrmann, S ^a   Buser, K ^a   Dierks, M L ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PILOT STUDY; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0034677625     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024146     Document Type: Article

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