Research priorities relating to the debate on assisted dying: What do we still need to know? Results of a modified Delphi technique

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Rodgers, Mark ^a   Booth, Alison ^a   Norman, Gill ^b   Sowden, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assisted dying; Delphi; Research priorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; DELPHI STUDY; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH PRIORITY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA; CONSENSUS; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84974530580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012213     Document Type: Article

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