Class information for:
Level 1: EUTHANASIA//PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE//ASSISTED SUICIDE

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
1933 2417 32.3 48%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
1 4 ECONOMICS//EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH//PSYCHOL 3876184
267 3       PALLIATIVE CARE//END OF LIFE CARE//PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY 44147
286 2             PALLIATIVE CARE//END OF LIFE CARE//END OF LIFE 18925
1933 1                   EUTHANASIA//PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE//ASSISTED SUICIDE 2417

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 EUTHANASIA authKW 2721420 18% 48% 445
2 PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE authKW 1386637 6% 79% 139
3 ASSISTED SUICIDE authKW 1031138 5% 71% 115
4 PALLIATIVE SEDATION authKW 881648 3% 86% 81
5 ISSUES IN LAW & MEDICINE journal 285251 3% 30% 75
6 END OF LIFE CARE GRP address 264201 3% 31% 68
7 PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DEATH authKW 244546 1% 88% 22
8 TERMINAL SEDATION authKW 227360 1% 75% 24
9 VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA authKW 190218 1% 94% 16
10 ASSISTED DYING authKW 167036 1% 58% 23

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Medical Ethics 132292 14% 3% 347
2 Social Sciences, Biomedical 81409 24% 1% 589
3 Ethics 77758 19% 1% 458
4 Social Issues 32767 12% 1% 287
5 Health Care Sciences & Services 18743 19% 0% 462
6 Law 7721 11% 0% 261
7 Medicine, General & Internal 5507 23% 0% 554
8 Health Policy & Services 4938 8% 0% 185
9 Psychology, Multidisciplinary 2871 8% 0% 200
10 Nursing 1095 4% 0% 101

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 END OF LIFE CARE GRP 264201 3% 31% 68
2 END LIFE CARE GRP 151545 1% 40% 30
3 PUBL OCCUPAT HLTH 119189 5% 8% 118
4 EXPERTISE PALLIAT CARE 102280 1% 30% 27
5 BIOETH GHENT 80518 1% 25% 26
6 ENVIRONM PHILOSOPHY BIOETH 63465 1% 36% 14
7 INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY RELIG WORLD VIEW 61891 0% 70% 7
8 PROMOT EXCELLENCE PALLIAT CARE 50527 0% 100% 4
9 BIOMED ETH LAW 44199 1% 13% 26
10 PUBL OCCUPAT HLTHEMGO 40420 0% 80% 4

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 ISSUES IN LAW & MEDICINE 285251 3% 30% 75
2 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS 82804 6% 5% 142
3 HASTINGS CENTER REPORT 34950 3% 4% 68
4 OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING 33361 3% 4% 61
5 PALLIATIVE MEDICINE 33215 3% 4% 64
6 JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT 32559 4% 3% 93
7 BIOETHICS 25767 2% 5% 44
8 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ETHICS 22960 1% 5% 35
9 CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY OF HEALTHCARE ETHICS 20840 2% 4% 37
10 DEATH STUDIES 17732 2% 3% 43

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 EUTHANASIA 2721420 18% 48% 445 Search EUTHANASIA Search EUTHANASIA
2 PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE 1386637 6% 79% 139 Search PHYSICIAN+ASSISTED+SUICIDE Search PHYSICIAN+ASSISTED+SUICIDE
3 ASSISTED SUICIDE 1031138 5% 71% 115 Search ASSISTED+SUICIDE Search ASSISTED+SUICIDE
4 PALLIATIVE SEDATION 881648 3% 86% 81 Search PALLIATIVE+SEDATION Search PALLIATIVE+SEDATION
5 PHYSICIAN ASSISTED DEATH 244546 1% 88% 22 Search PHYSICIAN+ASSISTED+DEATH Search PHYSICIAN+ASSISTED+DEATH
6 TERMINAL SEDATION 227360 1% 75% 24 Search TERMINAL+SEDATION Search TERMINAL+SEDATION
7 VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA 190218 1% 94% 16 Search VOLUNTARY+EUTHANASIA Search VOLUNTARY+EUTHANASIA
8 ASSISTED DYING 167036 1% 58% 23 Search ASSISTED+DYING Search ASSISTED+DYING
9 END OF LIFE DECISIONS 167013 2% 26% 50 Search END+OF+LIFE+DECISIONS Search END+OF+LIFE+DECISIONS
10 ACTIVE EUTHANASIA 153980 1% 76% 16 Search ACTIVE+EUTHANASIA Search ACTIVE+EUTHANASIA

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 EMANUEL, EJ , ONWUTEAKA-PHILIPSEN, BD , URWIN, JW , COHEN, J , (2016) ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND EUROPE.JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. VOL. 316. ISSUE 1. P. 79 -90 58 94% 8
2 ZENZ, J , TRYBA, M , ZENZ, M , (2015) PALLIATIVE CARE PROFESSIONALS' WILLINGNESS TO PERFORM EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE.BMC PALLIATIVE CARE. VOL. 14. ISSUE . P. - 54 98% 0
3 MONFORTE-ROYO, C , VILLAVICENCIO-CHAVEZ, C , TOMAS-SABADO, J , BALAGUER, A , (2011) THE WISH TO HASTEN DEATH: A REVIEW OF CLINICAL STUDIES.PSYCHO-ONCOLOGY. VOL. 20. ISSUE 8. P. 795-804 58 91% 15
4 MALTONI, M , SETOLA, E , (2015) PALLIATIVE SEDATION IN PATIENTS WITH CANCER.CANCER CONTROL. VOL. 22. ISSUE 4. P. 433 -441 50 82% 2
5 PAPAVASILIOU, ES , BREARLEY, SG , SEYMOUR, JE , BROWN, J , PAYNE, SA , (2013) FROM SEDATION TO CONTINUOUS SEDATION UNTIL DEATH: HOW HAS THE CONCEPTUAL BASIS OF SEDATION IN END-OF-LIFE CARE CHANGED OVER TIME?.JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT. VOL. 46. ISSUE 5. P. 691-706 42 98% 11
6 DE GRAEFF, A , DEAN, M , (2007) PALLIATIVE SEDATION THERAPY IN THE LAST WEEKS OF LIFE: A LITERATURE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STANDARDS.JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. VOL. 10. ISSUE 1. P. 67-85 59 60% 153
7 PAPAVASILIOU, E , PAYNE, S , BREARLEY, S , BROWN, J , SEYMOUR, J , (2013) CONTINUOUS SEDATION (CS) UNTIL DEATH: MAPPING THE LITERATURE BY BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS.JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT. VOL. 45. ISSUE 6. P. 1073-+ 38 100% 3
8 CHERNY, NI , RADBRUCH, L , (2009) EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR PALLIATIVE CARE (EAPC) RECOMMENDED FRAMEWORK FOR THE USE OF SEDATION IN PALLIATIVE CARE.PALLIATIVE MEDICINE. VOL. 23. ISSUE 7. P. 581 -593 39 76% 155
9 GIELEN, J , VAN DEN BRANDEN, S , BROECKAERT, B , (2008) ATTITUDES OF EUROPEAN PHYSICIANS TOWARD EUTHANASIA AND PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE: A REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURE.JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE CARE. VOL. 24. ISSUE 3. P. 173-184 42 93% 16
10 BERNHEIM, JL , DISTELMANS, W , MULLIE, A , ASHBY, MA , (2014) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE BELGIAN MODEL OF INTEGRAL END-OF-LIFE CARE: EXPERIMENT? PROTOTYPE?.JOURNAL OF BIOETHICAL INQUIRY. VOL. 11. ISSUE 4. P. 507 -529 46 71% 5

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 32851 NEUROL PSYCHIAT EINHEIT//DANISH CANCER REGISTER//EXPECTED NUMBER OF DEATHS
2 20936 DEATH RATTLE//HYPODERMOCLYSIS//ARTIFICIAL HYDRATION
3 854 ADVANCE DIRECTIVES//ADVANCE CARE PLANNING//LIVING WILL
4 21981 FUTILITY//MEDICAL FUTILITY//PHYSICIAN AUTHORITY
5 14415 DIGNITY//SUFFERING//MANITOBA PALLIAT CARE UNIT
6 28850 PALLIATIVE MEDICINE//PALLIATIVE CARE TEAM//EMERGENCIES IN PALLIATIVE CARE
7 24106 CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION//CONSCIENCE//CONSCIENTIOUS REFUSAL
8 5320 END OF LIFE CARE//CRITICAL CARE//FAMILY SATISFACTION
9 35819 MANITOBA PALLIATIVE CARE UNIT//AHP BABY K//COUNCIL CANADIANS DISABIL
10 34595 SCHOPENHAUER//2 PET 219//AL ALWANI

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