- Abstract:
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OBJECTIVE: To explore the experiences of people with a "terminal illness", focusing on the patients' perspective of euthanasia and assisted suicide. METHOD: A qualitative study using narrative interviews was conducted throughout the UK. The views of the 18 people who discussed euthanasia and assisted suicide were explored. These were drawn from a maximum variation sample, who said that they had a "terminal" illness, malignant or non-malignant. RESULTS: That UK law should be changed to allow ...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Journal:
- Journal of medical ethics
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 706-710
- Publication date:
- 2006-12-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1473-4257
- ISSN:
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0306-6800
- URN:
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uuid:00e1c4a8-cb7a-48c0-9b7a-9dc6f9f476e6
- Source identifiers:
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220717
- Local pid:
- pubs:220717
- Copyright date:
- 2006
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What people close to death say about euthanasia and assisted suicide: a qualitative study.
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