End-of-life medical decisions in France: A death certificate follow-up survey 5 years after the 2005 act of parliament on patients' rights and end of life

BMC Palliative Care

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Pennec, Sophie ^a,b   Monnier, Alain ^a   Pontone, Silvia ^a,c   Aubry, Régis ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^d Observatoire National de la Fin de Vie   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT RIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 84870296364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472684X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-684X-11-25     Document Type: Article

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