The Pursuit of Physician-Assisted Suicide: Role of Psychiatric Factors

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 873-883

  Bharucha, Ashok J ^a   Pearlman, Robert A ^b,c,d,e   Back, Anthony L ^b,c,d   Gordon, Judith R ^d,f   Starks, Helene ^d   Hsu, Clarissa ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 1642472022     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/109662103322654758     Document Type: Article

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