Recruiting end-of-life cancer patients in the Netherlands for a study on suffering and euthanasia requests

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 689-695

  Ruijs, C D M ^a   Goedhart, J ^a   Kerkhof, A J F M ^b   Van der wal, G ^a   Onwuteaka Philipsen, B D ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 81855166103     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr035     Document Type: Article

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