Issues in Dutch palliative care: Readjusting a distorted image

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Gordijn, Bert ^a   Visser, Adriaan ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caring caregivers; Ethics; Euthanasia; Home care; Pain; Palliative care; Psycho geriatrics; Radiotherapy; Support teams

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COORDINATION; EUTHANASIA; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033949286     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(00)00123-3     Document Type: Editorial

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