Nationwide monitoring of end-of-life care via the Sentinel Network of General Practitioners in Belgium: The research protocol of the SENTI-MELC study

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Van Casteren, Viviane ^b   Deschepper, Reginald ^a   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^b   Drieskens, Katrien ^a   Bauwens, Sabien ^c   Bilsen, Johan ^a,d   Deliens, Luc ^a,e  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAUSE OF DEATH; END OF LIFE CARE; END OF LIFE CARE POLICY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 38949137399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-6-6     Document Type: Article

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