Attitudes of physiotherapists and physiotherapy students toward euthanasia: A comparative study

Advances in Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-145

  Cavlak, Ugur ^a   Aslan, Ummuhan Bas ^a   Gurso, Suleyman ^a   Yagci, Nesrin ^a   Yeldan, Ipek ^b  

^a PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Euthanasia; Physiotherapists; Physiotherapy students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); RELIGION; STUDENTS; TURKEY;

EID: 34247863777     PISSN: 0741238X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02850001     Document Type: Article

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