Judgments of laypersons and general practitioners on justifiability and legality of providing assistance to die to a terminally ill patient: A view from New Zealand

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-20

  Mitchell, Kay ^a   Glynn Owens, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Physician assisted suicide; Terminally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE PAIN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JUDGMENT; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 2942604189     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00167-8     Document Type: Article

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