Physicians' labelling of end-of-life practices: A hypothetical case study

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-29

  Buiting, H M ^a   van der Heide, A ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, B D ^b   Rurup, M L ^b   Rietjens, J A C ^a   Borsboom, G ^a   van der Maas, P J ^a   van Delden, J J M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951636957     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2009.030155     Document Type: Article

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