Role and involvement of life end information forum physicians in euthanasia and other end-of-life care decisions in flanders, Belgium

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2180-2192

  Van Wesemael, Yanna ^d   Cohen, Joachim ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Distelmans, Wim ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Consultation; End of life decisions; Euthanasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUTHANASIA; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CARE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 72849139175     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.01042.x     Document Type: Article

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