Using drugs to end life without an explicit request of the patient

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 205-221

  Rietjens, Judith A C ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^b   Fischer, Susanne ^c   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a   Miccinessi, Guido ^d   Norup, Michael ^e   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^f   Vrakking, Astrid M ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^f  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWITZERLAND; TERMINAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENTION; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SWITZERLAND; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33745464713     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180601152443     Document Type: Article

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