Ethical issues in the social worker's role in physician-assisted suicide

Health and Social Work

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 160-166

  Manetta, Ameda A ^a,b   Wells, Janice G ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Ethics; Physician assisted suicide; Policy; Social work education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIETIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0035431139     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/26.3.160     Document Type: Article

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