UK geriatricians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death

Age and Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 395-398

  Clark, David ^a   Dickinson, George ^b   Lancaster, Carol J ^c   Noble, T W ^a   Ahmedai, Sam H ^a   Philp, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctors' opinions; Euthanasia; Palliative care; Physician assisted death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 0035161439     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/30.5.395     Document Type: Article

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