Dutch nursing home policies and guidelines on physician-assisted death and decisions to forego treatment

Public Health

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 419-423

  Haverkate, I ^a   Van Der Wal, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Physician assisted death; Policies; The Netherlands; Treatment refusal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; EUTHANASIA; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 0032447215     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(98)00290-X     Document Type: Article

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