End-of-life decisions of physicians in the city of Hasselt (Flanders, Belgium)

Bioethics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 254-267

  Mortier, Freddy ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Cosyns, Marc ^a   Ingels, Koen ^a   Stichele, Robert Vander ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; ACTIVE EUTHANASIA; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HOMICIDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; JURISPRUDENCE; MOTIVATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; RELIGION; STATISTICS; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

BELGIUM; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; BELGIUM; CATHOLICISM; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE; EUTHANASIA, PASSIVE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENTION; JURISPRUDENCE; MOTIVATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIANS; STATISTICS; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 0034219737     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8519.00195     Document Type: Article

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1. Acknowledgments: This study was supported by grants from the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (Belgium) and the Belgian Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and Environment. We would like to thank Dr. J. O'Driscoll for linguistic advice and we are indebted to J. De Maeseneer, MD, PhD, and H. Van den Enden, PhD, of the University of Ghent and F. Louckx, PhD, and B. Van Camp, MD, PhD, of the Free University of Brussels for their continuous support throughout the study.
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