Older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill in the Netherlands: 2001-2009

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 267-273

  Buiting, Hilde M ^a,b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Ziegelmann, Jochen P ^c   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Widdershoven, G A M ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c German Center of Gerontology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864011667     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100066     Document Type: Article

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