Requests for euthanasia: Origin of suffering in ALS, heart failure, and cancer patients

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1192-1198

  Maessen, Maud ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a   Schouten, Henrike J ^a   Van Der Wal, Gerrit ^b   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Hasten death; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77954386436     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5474-y     Document Type: Article

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