Hastening death: A comparison of two end-of-life decisions

Death Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 401-419

  Cox, Lisa S ^b   MacLean, Peter A ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343090482     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180050045656     Document Type: Article

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