Advance directives in the netherlands: An empirical contribution to the exploration of a cross-cultural perspective on advance directives

Bioethics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-126

  Van Wijmen, Matthijs P S ^a   Rurup, Mette L ^a   Pasman, H Roeline W ^a   Kaspers, Pam J ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Attitudes of general public; End of life decision making; Euthansia; Forgoing treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RELIGION; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 77951102345     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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