Oregon physicians' attitudes about and experiences with end-of-life care since passage of the Oregon Death with Dignity Act

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 285, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2363-2369

  Ganzini, L ^a,b   Nelson, H D ^a,b   Lee, M A ^b,c   Kraemer, D F ^b   Schmidt, T A ^b   Delorit, M A ^a  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c St John Providence Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HOSPICE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0035832265     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.18.2363     Document Type: Article

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