Ethics policies on euthanasia in nursing homes: A survey in Flanders, Belgium

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 376-386

  Lemiengre, Joke ^a   Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette ^a   Verbeke, Geert ^a   Van Craen, Katleen ^a   Schotsmans, Paul ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Ethics policy; Euthanasia; Medical end of life decision making; Nursing homes; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARD; TERMINAL CARE;

BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS COMMITTEES; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; TERMINAL CARE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36849085836     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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