Washington state social workers' attitudes toward voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 43-70

  Ogden, Russel D ^a   Young, Michael G ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Attitudes; Ethics; Social work; Voluntary euthanasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSULTATION; COURT; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0042431606     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v37n02_03     Document Type: Article

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