Hastening death in end-of-life care: A survey of doctors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1659-1666

  Seale, Clive ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted dying; Double effect; Dying; Euthanasia; Intensive care; Palliative care; UK; Withdrawing treatment; Withholding treatment

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71549144081     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.025     Document Type: Article

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