Empathy and the application of the 'unbearable suffering' criterion in Dutch euthanasia practice

Health Policy

Volumn 105, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 296-302

  van Tol, Donald G ^a,b   Rietjens, Judith A C ^b   van der Heide, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Empathy; Euthanasia; General practitioners; Law; Netherlands; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPATHY; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EMPATHY; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN;

EID: 84859781700     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: 18726054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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