End of life decisions, the Dutch form through Spanish eyes;Toma de decisiones al final de la vida, el modo neerlandés a traves de ojos españoles

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-106

  Belloc Rocasalbas, M ^a   Girbes, A R J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life decisions; Euthanasia; Intensive care; The netherlands

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONFUSION; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NETHERLANDS; PASSIVE EUTHANASIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA;

DECISION MAKING; EUTHANASIA; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MEDICAL FUTILITY; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFUSAL TO TREAT; SPAIN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WITHHOLDING TREATMENT;

EID: 79952707084     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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