Opinions concerning euthanasia, life-sustaining treatment and acceleration of death: Results of an Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) survey

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1947-1954

  Catania, Chiara ^a   Zagonel, V ^b   Fosser, V ^c   La Verde, N ^d   Bertetto, O ^e   Lacono, C ^f   Venturini, M ^g   Radice, D ^a   Adamoli, L ^a   Boccardo, F ^h  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Department of Oncology   (Italy)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g IRCCS Sacred Heart Hospital Don Calabria   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceleration of death; Advance directives; Euthanasia; Life sustaining treatment; Oncological patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIVING WILL; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 54949100788     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn381     Document Type: Article

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