Psychiatric consultation with regard to requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-330

  Groenewoud, Johanna H ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Tholen, Alfons J ^b   Schudel, W Joost ^a   Hengeveld, Michiel W ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^c   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Consultation; Euthanasia; Mental disorders; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 3242685358     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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