Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments
Abstract Background The prevalence and implementation of institutional end-of-life policies has been comprehensively studied in Flanders, Belgium, a country where euthanasia was legalised in 2002. Developing end-of-life policies in hospitals is a first step towards improving the quality of medical decision-making at the end-of-life. Implementation of policies through quality assessments, communication and the training and education of health care providers is equally important in improving actual end-of-life practice. The aim of the present study is to report on the existence and nature of end... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Palliative Care, Vol 8, Iss 1, p 20 (2009) |
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BMC
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Schlagwörter: | Special situations and conditions / RC952-1245 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28650797 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-8-20 |