Frequency and determinants of advance directives concerning end-of-life care in the Netherlands

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1552-1563

  Rurup, Mette L ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^a   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^b   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Decision making; Euthanasia; Living will; Multivariate analysis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVING WILLS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINAL CARE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 32044437179     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.010     Document Type: Article

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