Physician-assisted death: Attitudes and practices of community pharmacists in East Flanders, Belgium

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-157

  Bilsen, Johan ^a   Bauwens, Marc ^a   Bernheim, Jan ^a   Stichele, Robert Vander ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitude; Ethics; Euthanasia; Inter professional relations; Lethal drugs; Pharmacists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; POSTAL MAIL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 15944422580     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216305pm993oa     Document Type: Article

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