The weakest elderly in Europe: Care at the end of life or active euthanasia?;Omsorg ved livets slutt eller aktiv dødshjelp?

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 125, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1848-1849

  Husebø, Stein ^a,b   Husebø, Bettina Sandgathe ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

^b Bergen Røde Kors Sykehjem   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Kompetansesenter i Lindrende Behandling ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DYING; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

AGED; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 21844470472     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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