The Dutch experience

Issues in Law and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 223-245

  Hendin, Herbert ^a,b,c,d  

^a Amer Found for Suicide Prevention ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c and Social Sciences   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RELIGION; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036515205     PISSN: 87568160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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