GPs' awareness of patients' preference for place of death

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 566, 2009, Pages 665-670

  Meeussen, Koen ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^b   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Echteld, Michael ^c   Van Casteren, Viviane ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; End of life care; General practitioner; Palliative care; Preferred place of death; Terminal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPORT GROUP; TERMINAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BELGIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349770105     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp09X454124     Document Type: Article

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