Do German general practitioners support euthanasia? Results of a nation-wide questionnaire survey

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 94-100

  Maitra, Robin T ^a   Harfst, Anja ^a   Bjerre, Lise M ^a   Kochen, Michael M ^a   Becker, Annette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Euthanasia; General practitioners; Germany palliative care; Physician assisted suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 32444449206     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814780509178247     Document Type: Article

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