Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in cases of terminal cancer: the opinions of physicians and nurses in Greece
| Autor: | Kyriaki Mystakidou, Eleni Tsilika, Ourania Govina, Lambros Vlahos, Efi Parpa, P. Sakkas, Kyriaki Pistevou-Gombaki, Elisabeth Patiraki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Attitude of Health Personnel Respiratory arrest Terminally ill Terminal cancer Suicide Assisted Neoplasms medicine Humans Terminally Ill Physician assisted suicide Greece Euthanasia business.industry Health Policy Cancer medicine.disease Advanced cancer Issues ethics and legal aspects Family medicine Female medicine.symptom business Law |
| Zdroj: | Medicine, Science and the Law. 48:333-341 |
| ISSN: | 2042-1818 0025-8024 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.4.333 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to investigate the opinions of physicians and nurses on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in advanced cancer patients in Greece. Two hundred and fifteen physicians and 250 nurses from various hospitals in Greece completed a questionnaire concerning issues on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. More physicians (43.3%) than nurses (3.2%, p The majority of the participants tended to disagree with euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide in terminally ill cancer patients, probably due to the fact that these acts in Greece are illegal. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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