Advance directives for euthanasia in dementia: Do law-based opportunities lead to more euthanasia?

Health Policy

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 256-262

  De Boer, Marike E ^a   Dröes, Rose Marie ^a,b   Jonker, Cees ^b   Eefsting, Jan A ^a   Hertogh, Cees M P M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Advance directives; Dementia; Euthanasia; Nursing homes; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; LIVING WILL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; DEMENTIA; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78249279326     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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