Similarity and difference among standard medical care, palliative sedation therapy, and euthanasia: A multidimensional scaling analysis on physicians' and the general population's opinions

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-362

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a,d   Hirai, Kei ^b   Akechi, Tatsuo ^c   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^c  

^a Seirei Mikatabara General Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Seirei Mikatabara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Definition; Multidimensional scaling; Palliative care; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MEDICAL CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SACCHAROMYCES; SCALE UP; SEDATION; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 0037383543     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-3924(02)00684-X     Document Type: Article

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