A comparison of attitudes towards end-of-life decisions: Survey among the Dutch general public and physicians

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1723-1732

  Rietjens, Judith A C ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; End of life decisions; General public; Physicians; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CANCER PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 22144487662     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.03.024     Document Type: Article

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