A role for doctors in assisted dying? An analysis of legal regulations and medical professional positions in six European countries

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-32

  Bosshard, G ^a   Broeckaert, B ^b   Clark, D ^c   Materstvedt, L J ^c,e   Gordijn, B ^d   Muller Busch H C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 38049012539     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2006.018911     Document Type: Article

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