Survey of doctors' opinions of the legalisation of physician assisted suicide

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lee, William ^a   Price, Annabel ^a   Rayner, Lauren ^a   Hotopf, Matthew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DYING; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC OPINION; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, MEDICAL; PHYSICIANS; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WALES;

EID: 65349182338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-10-2     Document Type: Article

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