Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: Survey in 6 European countries and Australia

BMC Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Löfmark, Rurik ^a   Nilstun, Tore ^b   Cartwright, Colleen ^c   Fischer, Susanne ^d   van der Heide, Agnes ^e   Mortier, Freddy ^f   Norup, Michael ^g   Simonato, Lorenzo ^h   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ⁱ   Williams, Gail ^j   Parker, Malcolm ^j   Steinberg, Margaret ^k   Bilsen, Johan ^l   Deliens, Luc ^l   Van Geluwe, Julie ^f   Dencker, Annemarie ^g   Folker, Anna Paldam ^g   Paci, Eugenio ^m   Cecioni, Riccardo ^m   Miccinesi, Guido ^m   Franchini, S ⁿ   Finarelli, A C ^o   Van Delden, Johannes J M ^p   Van der Maas, Paul ^e   Van der Wal, Gerrit ^q   Bosshard, Georg ^r   Faisst, Karin ^r   Zellweger, Ueli ^r   more..

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^l VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^m CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

ⁿ Local Health Authority   (Italy)

^o Regional Department of Health   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^q VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; DENMARK; EUROPE; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; TERMINAL CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING;

AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 41749098829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-6-4     Document Type: Article

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