Older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill in The Netherlands: 2001-2009
Introduction With an ageing population, end-of-life care is increasing in importance. The present work investigated characteristics and time trends of older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill. Methods Three samples aged 64 years or older from the Longitudinal Ageing Study Amsterdam (N=1284 (2001), N=1303 (2005) and N=1245 (2008)) were studied. Respondents were asked whether they could imagine requesting their physician to end their life (euthanasia), or imagine asking for a pill to end their life if they became tired of living in the absence of a severe di... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
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British Medical Journal Publishing Group
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Schlagwörter: | Law / ethics and medicine |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27586631 |
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Link(s) : | http://jme.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/medethics-2011-100066v1 |