Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: Communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages

  D'Haene, Ina ^a,b   Vander Stichele, Robert H ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^c   Noortgate, Nele Van Den ^d   Bilsen, Johan ^b   Mortier, Freddy ^e   Deliens, Luc ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT RIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESUSCITATION; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 76149098856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-8-20     Document Type: Article

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