Reliability and validity of the euthanasia attitude scale (EAS) for Hong Kong medical doctors

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 320-324

  Tang, Wai Kiu ^a   Mak, Kwok Kei ^b   Kam, Philip Ming Ho ^a   Ho, Joanna Wing Kiu ^a   Chan, Denise Che Ying ^a   Suen, To Lam ^a   Lau, Michael Chak Kwan ^a   Cheng, Adrian Ka Chun ^a   Wan, Yuen Ting ^a   Wan, Ho Yan ^a   Hussain, Assad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

doctors; Euthanasia Attitude Scale; Hong Kong; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77955313512     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049909109358407     Document Type: Article

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