Attitudes toward euthanasia of physician members of the Italian Society for Palliative Care

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 907-911

  Di Mola, G ^a,b   Borsellino, P ^a   Brunelli, C ^a   Gallucci, M ^a   Gamba, A ^a   Lusignani, M ^a   Regazzo, C ^a   Santosuosso, A ^a   Tamburini, M ^a   Toscani, F ^a  

^a Ethics Committee   (Italy)

^b Fondazione Floriani   (Italy)

Author keywords

attitudes; cancer; ethics; euthanasia; palliative care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 12644276396     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a010792     Document Type: Article

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