Concerns About End-of-Life Care and Support for Euthanasia

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-173

  Givens, Jane L ^a   Mitchell, Susan L ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

end of life; Euthanasia; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMOTIONALITY; END OF LIFE; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONEY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SORROW; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGE FACTORS; DEATH; EMOTIONS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; RELIGION; RIGHT TO DIE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651171233     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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