Decision-making processes and the medical care at the end of life;Processus décisionnels et soins médicaux en fin de vie

Revue Medicale de Bruxelles

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Abbadie, B ^a,c   Roland, M ^a   Cosyns, M ^b   Mainil, T ^b   Deveugele, M ^b   De Maeseneer, J ^b  

^a Services de Radiologie   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision making processes; End of life; Medical care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 33750211683     PISSN: 00353639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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