End-of-life decision-making in six European countries: Descriptive study

Lancet

Volumn 362, Issue 9381, 2003, Pages 345-350

  Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Deliens, Luc ^b   Faisst, Karin ^c   Nilstun, Tore ^d   Norup, Michael ^e   Paci, Eugenio ^f   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^g   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^g VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; E-MAIL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0041669325     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14019-6     Document Type: Article

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