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Physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia's impact on the frail elderly
— a social worker's response | | Author(s) | Marjorie Hornik |
| Journal title | The Journal of Long Term Home Health Care : the PRIDE Institute Journal, vol 17, no 3, Summer 1998 |
| Pages | pp 34-41 |
| Keywords | Euthanasia ; Terminal care ; Attitude ; Social workers ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The author proposes that the social worker response to a patient who seeks aid in dying, is to help the patient and caregivers to understand the nature of suffering which leads the patient to that request. She also explores obstacles that often arise for caregivers when they are assessing and responding to the patient who is asking for help in dying. Should doctor-assisted suicide become more routine and more widely available, the challenge for social workers will be help patients to finding meaning or worth in their lives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980903214 A |
| Classmark | CY: LV: DP: QR: 7T |
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