Attitudes of family physicians in Washington state toward physician-assisted suicide

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-469

  Hart, L Gary ^a   Norris, Thomas E ^b   Lishner, Denise M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0141745850     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2003.tb00583.x     Document Type: Article

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