Health professionals' attitude toward euthanasia: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-145

  Turla, Ahmet ^a   Özkara, Erdem ^b   Özkanli, Çaǧlar ^a   Alkan, Nevzat ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 34548136544     PISSN: 00302228     EISSN: 15413764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/5492-3833-7541-3160     Document Type: Article

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