Thinking about the end of life: a common issue for patients with Huntington’s disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2184-2191

  Booij, Suzanne J ^a   Tibben, Aad ^a   Engberts, Dick P ^a   Marinus, Johan ^a   Roos, Raymund A C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

End of life wishes; Euthanasia; Huntington s disease; Physician assisted suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CARRIER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; END OF LIFE WISH; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUICIDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE; TERMINAL CARE; THINKING; ASSISTED SUICIDE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920983474     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-014-7479-4     Document Type: Article

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