Communication about euthanasia in general practice: Opinions and experiences of patients and their general practitioners

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-161

  Borgsteede, Sander D ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Graafland Riedstra, Corrie ^a   Francke, Anneke L ^c   van der Wal, Gerrit ^a   Willems, Dick L ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; End of life care; Euthanasia; General practice; Patient physician communication; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147123267     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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