Advance care planning in Belgium and the Netherlands: A nationwide retrospective study via sentinel networks of general practitioners

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 565-577

  Meeussen, Koen ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a,b   Echteld, Michael ^e   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^c   Bilsen, Johan ^a,b   Van Casteren, Viviane ^c   Abarshi, Ebun ^e   Donker, Gé ^d   Onwuteaka Philipsen, Bregje ^e   Deliens, Luc ^a,e  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

advance care planning; End of life care; palliative care; terminal care

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 80053516709     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.01.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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