Attitudes toward active euthanasia among medical students at two German universities

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-545

  Clemens, Katri Elina ^a,b   Klein, Eva ^a   Jaspers, Birgit ^a   Klaschik, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Malteser Hospital Bonn/Rhein Sieg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Euthanasia; Medical school; Palliative medicine; Undergraduate education

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 44449117312     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-008-0427-z     Document Type: Article

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