The controversial issue of euthanasia in patients with psychiatric illness

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 316, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 656-657

  Olié, Emilie ^a   Courtet, Philippe ^a  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSIS; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; ASSISTED SUICIDE;

EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED;

EID: 85047288999     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2016.9883     Document Type: Short Survey

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