How do hospitals deal with euthanasia requests in Flanders (Belgium)?. A content analysis of policy documents

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 293-301

  Lemiengre, Joke ^a   Dierckx de Casterlé, Bernadette ^a   Denier, Yvonne ^a   Schotsmans, Paul ^a   Gastmans, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Content analysis; Decision making; Descriptive study; Ethics; Euthanasia; Hospitals; Policy

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CAREGIVER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RELATIVE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

BELGIUM; CATHOLICISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DOCUMENTATION; EUTHANASIA; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL COMPETENCY; ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; OWNERSHIP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 41149143026     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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