Recent trends in euthanasia and other end-of-life practices in Belgium

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 372, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1179-1181

  Chambaere, Kenneth ^a   Stichele, Robert Vander ^b   Mortier, Freddy ^c   Cohen, Joachim ^c   Deliens, Luc ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED SUICIDE; BELGIUM; DEATH; DEEP SEDATION; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LAW; LETTER; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BELGIUM; EUTHANASIA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84925064211     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1414527     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Bilsen J, Cohen J, Chambaere K, et al. Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium. N Engl J Med 2009;361:1119-21.
2. Chambaere K, Bilsen J, Cohen J, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Mortier F, Deliens L. Trends in medical end-of-life decision making in Flanders, Belgium 1998-2001-2007. Med Decis Making 2011;31:500-10.
3. Belgian Official Collection of the Laws. The Belgian Act on Euthanasia of May 28th 2002. Ethical Perspect 2002;9: 182-8.
4. Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Brinkman-Stoppelenburg A, Penning C, de Jong-Krul GJ, van Delden JJ, van der Heide A. Trends in end-of-life practices before and after the enactment of the euthanasia law in the Netherlands from 1990 to 2010: a repeated cross-sectional survey. Lancet 2012;380:908-15.