The ethics of palliative care and euthanasia: Exploring common values

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 107-112

  Hurst, Samia A ^a,b   Mauron, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CMU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ethics; Euthanasia; Palliative care; Professional role

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; EUTHANASIA; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; PALLIATIVE CARE; SOCIAL VALUES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33645785553     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269216306pm1109oa     Document Type: Review

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