Views of United States physicians and members of the American Medical Association House of Delegates on physician-assisted suicide

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 290-296

  Whitney, Simon N ^a   Brown, Byron W ^b   Brody, Howard ^c   Alcser, Kirsten H ^d   Baohman, Jerald G ^d   Greely, Henry T ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e STANFORD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

American Medical Association; Ethics, medical; Physicians; Public policy; Questionnaires; Right to die; Suicide, assisted; United States

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POLITICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035721980     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.04159.x     Document Type: Article

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