Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1119-1121

  Bilsen, Johan ^a   Cohen, Joachim ^a   Chambaere, Kenneth ^a   Pousset, Geert ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b   Mortier, Freddy ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DECISION MAKING; DEEP SEDATION; EUTHANASIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; LIVING WILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

EID: 70149111284     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc0904292     Document Type: Letter

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