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| UK geriatricians' attitudes to active voluntary euthanasia and physician-assisted death | | Author(s) | David Clark, George Dickinson, Carol J Lancaster |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 30, no 5, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 395-398 |
| Keywords | Euthanasia ; Pain ; Medical care ; General practitioners ; Geriatricians ; Attitude ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | The opinions were surveyed of consultant members of the British Geriatrics Society (BGS) on care at the end of life. Most of those responding (81%) see no ethical justification for active voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted death, but around one quarter support some form of legislation. Just over one in ten respondents would in some situations be willing to administer active voluntary euthanasia or to assist in death. Free text comments frequently cited good palliative care as an important response to such issues in clinical practice. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011204205 A |
| Classmark | CY: CT7: LK: QT6: QT4: DP: 3F |
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