The impact on patient trust of legalising physician aid in dying

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 693-697

  Hall, M A ^a   Trachtenberg, F ^b   Dugan, E ^c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRUST;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST;

EID: 29544432508     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2004.011452     Document Type: Article

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