Nursing home policies regarding advance care planning in Flanders, Belgium

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-194

  De Gendt, Cindy ^a   Bilsen, Johan ^a   Stichele, Robert Vander ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Nursing homes; Policy

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77950282053     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp121     Document Type: Article

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