When is physician assisted suicide or euthanasia acceptable?
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When is physician assisted suicide or euthanasia acceptable?
OBJECTIVES To discover what factors affect lay people's judgments of the acceptability of physician assisted suicide and euthanasia and how these factors interact. DESIGN Participants rated the acceptability of either physician assisted suicide or euthanasia for 72 patient vignettes with a five factor design--that is, all combinations of patient's age (three levels); curability of illness (tw...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.6.330