Euthanasia and other end-of-life medical decisions in the Netherlands in 1990, 1995 and 2001;Euthanasie en andere medische beslissingen rond het levenseinde in Nederland in 1990, 1995 en 2001

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 37, 2003, Pages 1793-1799

  Onwuteaka Philipsen, B D ^a   Van Der Heide, A ^b   Koper, D ^c   Keij Deerenberg, I ^c   Rietjens, J A C ^b   Rurup, M L ^a   Vrakking, A M ^b   Georges, J J ^a   Muller, M T ^a   Van Der Wal, G ^a   Van Der Mass, P J ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

EID: 0041320761     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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