End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: Does place of death make a difference?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1062-1068

  Cohen, Joachim ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Fischer, Susanne ^c   Löfmark, Rurik ^d   Norup, Michael ^e   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^f   Miccinesi, Guido ^g   Deliens, Luc ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MORTALITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CERTIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; TERMINAL CARE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36749026356     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.056341     Document Type: Article

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