End-of-life decisions in the UK involving medical practitioners

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 198-204

  Seale, Clive ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuous deep sedation; Euthanasia; Physician assisted suicide; Terminal care; Withdrawing treatment; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP SEDATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE; POSTAL MAIL; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; DEEP SEDATION; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 63549146269     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216308102042     Document Type: Article

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