The cultural context of end-of-life ethics: A comparison of Germany and Israel

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-394

  Schicktanz, Silke ^a   Raz, Aviad ^b   Shalev, Carmel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; HISTORY; HOLOCAUST; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LEGAL ASPECT; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE;

CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; GERMANY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOLOCAUST; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; NATIONAL SOCIALISM; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; RELIGION; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WEDGE ARGUMENT;

EID: 77953661571     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180110000162     Document Type: Article

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