Physician reports of medication use with explicit intention of hastening the end of life in the absence of explicit patient request in general practice in Belgium
Background: Although the incidence of the use of life-ending drugs without explicit patient request has been estimated in several studies, in-depth empirical research on this controversial practice is nonexistent. Based on face-to-face interviews with the clinicians involved in cases where patients died following such a decision in general practice in Belgium, we investigated the clinical characteristics of the patients, the decision-making process, and the way the practice was conducted. Methods: Mortality follow-back study in 2005-2006 using the nationwide Sentinel Network of General Practit... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2010 |
Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / NATIONAL-SURVEY / CARE / EUROPEAN COUNTRIES / LAST WEEK / DECISION-MAKING / EUTHANASIA / PRACTITIONERS / FLANDERS / NETWORK / DEATH |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26601945 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5933086 |