Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 412-422 , November 2006

Israeli critical care nurses’ attitudes toward physician-assisted dying

  • Freda DeKeyser Ganz, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Freda DeKeyser Ganz, RN, PhD, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Nursing, P.O. Box 12000, Kiryat Hadassah, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.
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  • Catherine F. Musgrave, RN, DNSc

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 Grant or other financial support: Sigma Theta Tau International.

PII: S0147-9563(06)00205-6

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2006.06.008

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 35, Issue 6 , Pages 412-422 , November 2006

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