Depression and explicit requests for euthanasia in end-of-life cancer patients in primary care in the netherlands: A longitudinal, prospective study

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-399

  Ruijs, Cees D M ^a   Kerkhof, A J F M ^b   van der Wal, G ^c   Onwuteaka philipsen, B D ^c  

^a Primary Care Center de Greev   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cancer; Depression; Euthanasia; Family medicine; Palliative care; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

EID: 79961046255     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr006     Document Type: Article

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