Reasons why people in Switzerland seek assisted suicide: The view of patients and physicians

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 139, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 333-338

  Fischer, Susanne ^a,e   Huber, Carola A ^b   Furter, Matthias ^c   Imhof, Lorenz ^b   Imhof, Romy Mahrer ^b   Schwarzenegger, Christian ^a   Ziegler, Stephen J ^d   Bosshard, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^e NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Decedent; Physician; Reasons to die; Right to die organisation; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; IMMOBILIZATION; INSOMNIA; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 67649136130     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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