Quality of death and dying in patients who request physician-assisted death

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-450

  Smith, Kathryn A ^a   Goy, Elizabeth R ^b,c   Harvath, Theresa A ^a   Ganzini, Linda ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; DYING; FAMILY ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DEATH; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; HUMANS; OREGON; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 79953907401     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2010.0425     Document Type: Article

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