Medical end-of-life practices in Swiss cultural regions: a death certificate study

Hurst, Samia; Zellweger, Ueli; Bosshard, Georg; Bopp, Matthias

doi:10.1186/s12916-018-1043-5

Scientific article

English

Medical end-of-life practices in Swiss cultural regions: a death certificate study

ContributorsHurst, Samia

; Zellweger, Ueli; Bosshard, Georg; Bopp, Matthias

Published inBMC Medicine, vol. 16, no. 1, 54

Publication date2018

Abstract

End-of-life decisions remain controversial. Switzerland, with three main languages shared with surrounding countries and legal suicide assistance, allows exploration of the effects of cultural differences on end-of-life practices within the same legal framework.

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut Ethique Histoire Humanités

Research groups

Ethique biomédicale (783)

Citation (ISO format)

HURST, Samia et al. Medical end-of-life practices in Swiss cultural regions: a death certificate study. In: BMC Medicine, 2018, vol. 16, n° 1, p. 54. doi: 10.1186/s12916-018-1043-5

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PID : unige:104809
DOI : 10.1186/s12916-018-1043-5
PMID : 29673342

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-018-1043-5

Journal ISSN1741-7015

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Medical end-of-life practices in Swiss cultural regions: a death certificate study

End-of-life decisions remain controversial. Switzerland, with three main languages shared with surrounding countries and legal suicide assistance, allows exploration of the effects of cultural differences on end-of-life practices within the same legal framework.

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