Analyzing end-of-life care legislation: A social work perspective

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-68

  Roff, S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Advanced illness; Assisted suicide; Death and dying; End of life; Physician assisted suicide; Social work policy

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLITICS; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE PLANNING AND COMPASSIONATE CARE ACT 1997 (BILL); DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; LEGAL APPROACH; PAIN RELIEF PROMOTION ACT (1999 BILL); PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035184625     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v33n01_05     Document Type: Conference Paper

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