Dying at home in Belgium: a descriptive GP interview study
Background: While increasing attention is being paid to enabling terminal patients to remain at home until death, limited information is available on the circumstances in which people at home actually die. Therefore this study aims to describe patient characteristics, functional and cognitive status and physical and psychological symptom burden in the last three months of life among Belgian patients dying at home, according to their GPs. Methods: In 2005, a nationwide and retrospective interview study with GPs took place on people dying at home in Belgium as reported by Sentinel Network of GPs... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journalarticle |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2012 |
Schlagwörter: | Medicine and Health Sciences / LIFE / GENERAL-PRACTITIONERS / LAST WEEK / PALLIATIVE CARE / SYMPTOM PREVALENCE / TERMINALLY-ILL PATIENTS / DEATH / EUTHANASIA / CANCER / END |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28958694 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5822603 |