Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide policy in the Netherlands and Oregon: A comparative analysis

Journal of Health and Social Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-55

  Patel, Kant ^a,b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Physician assisted suicide (PSA); Right to die; Socratic death

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH POLICY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SUICIDE;

AUTHORITY; BRAIN INJURY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COURT; CRIME; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; EDUCATION; EUTHANASIA; EVALUATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INJECTION; LAW; LETHALITY; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DEATH WITH DIGNITY ACT (OREGON); EMPIRICAL APPROACH; LEGAL APPROACH;

EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EUTHANASIA; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OREGON; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 10044257529     PISSN: 08977186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J045v19n01_02     Document Type: Review

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