Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Dutch homecare sector: The role of the district nurse

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 44-52

  Van Bruchem Van De Scheur, G G ^a   Van Der Arend, Arie J G ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Cor ^a   Abu Saad, Huda Huijer ^b   Ter Meulen, Ruud H J ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

District nurses; Euthanasia; General practitioners; Homecare; Physician assisted suicide; Survey; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33947617243     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04224.x     Document Type: Article

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