Israeli dying patient act physician knowledge and attitudes

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 597-602

  Doron, Dana ^a   Wexler, Isaiah D ^b   Shabtai, Esther ^a   Corn, Benjamin W ^a  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Active euthanasia; End of life; Passive euthanasia; Physician associated suicide

Indexed keywords

ACT; ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; ISRAELI; ISRAELI DYING PATIENT ACT; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PAIN; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ISRAEL; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT RIGHTS; PEDIATRICS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 84916941003     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318295b022     Document Type: Article

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