Telephone consultations on palliative sedation therapy and euthanasia in general practice in The Netherlands in 2003: A report from inside

Family Practice

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 481-487

  van Heest, Florien ^a   Finlay, I G ^b,c   Kramer, J J E ^c   Otter, R ^a,c   Meyboom de Jong, B ^c  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Oost ^*  (Netherlands)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation; General practice; Sedation; Terminal care; Voluntary euthanasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOME CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDATION; TELECONSULTATION; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE;

EID: 70450159218     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmp069     Document Type: Article

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