Dementia, End of Life, and Euthanasia: A Survey Among Dementia Specialists Organized by the Belgian Dementia Council.
BACKGROUND: Palliative care and Advance Care Planning (ACP) are increasingly recommended for an optimal management of late-stage dementia. In Belgium, euthanasia has been decriminalized in 2002 for patients who are "mentally competent" (interpreted as non-demented). It has been suggested that advance directives for euthanasia (ADE) should be made possible for dementia patients. OBJECTIVE: This study presents the results of an internet survey among Belgian dementia specialists. METHODS: In 2013, the Belgian Dementia Council (BeDeCo) organized a debate on end of life decisions in dementia. Parti... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
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IOS Press
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Schlagwörter: | Advance directive / Alzheimer’s disease / Dementia / End of life / Euthanisia / Expert opinion |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26915285 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/216518 |