Voluntary active euthanasia and the nurse: A comparison of Japanese and Australian nurses

Nursing Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-322

  Tanida, Noritoshi ^a   Asai, Atsushi ^b   Ohnishi, Motoki ^b   Nagata, Shizuko K ^b   Fukui, Tsuguya ^b   Yamazaki, Yasuji ^c   Kuhse, Helga ^d  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

active euthanasia; Japanese nurses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036562699     PISSN: 09697330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0969733002ne513oa     Document Type: Article

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