Euthanasia: The Dutch experience and what it entails in practice

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 135-136

  Finlay, Ilora G ^a,b   Van Dijk, Bertus ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c DUTCH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CURARE; DIAZEPAM; SECOBARBITAL;

BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; NETHERLANDS; NOTE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; VOMITING;

EID: 0036521556     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(02)00675-7     Document Type: Letter

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