Euthanasia and assisted suicide in selected european countries and US states: Systematic literature review

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 938-944

  Steck, Nicole ^a   Egger, Matthias ^a,c   Maessen, Maud ^a   Reisch, Thomas ^b   Zwahlen, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

assisted dying; end of life decisions; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; BELGIUM; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUXEMBOURG; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUXEMBOURG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTANA; NETHERLANDS; OREGON; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SWITZERLAND; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84884814135     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a0f427     Document Type: Article

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