Family member involvement in hastened death

Death Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-130

  Starks, Helene ^a   Back, Anthony L ^b   Pearlman, Robert A ^c   Koenig, Barbara A ^d   Hsu, Clarissa ^a   Gordon, Judith R ^a   Bharucha, Ashok J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c Veterans Puget Sound Health Care System   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FAMILY RELATIONS; HUMANS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847155597     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481180601100483     Document Type: Article

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