Dutch criteria of due care for physician-assisted dying in medical practice: A physician perspective

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Buiting, H M ^a   Gevers, J K M ^b   Rietjens, J A C ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, B D ^c   Van Der Maas, P J ^a   Van Der Heide, A ^a   Van Delden, J J M ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS;

DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RIGHT TO DIE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 56749169151     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.024976     Document Type: Article

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