What people close to death say about euthanasia and assisted suicide: A qualitative study

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 706-710

  Chapple, Alison ^a   Ziebland, S ^a   McPherson, A ^a   Herxheimer, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FEAR; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INTERVIEW; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 33845756692     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.015883     Document Type: Article

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