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Euthanasia and other end of life decisions and care provided in final three months of life — nationwide retrospective study in Belgium
Author(s)	Lieve Van den Block, Regionald Deschepper, Johan Bilsen
Journal title	British Medical Journal, vol 339, no 7717, 15 August 2009
Pages	p 390
Source	www.bmj.com
Keywords	Euthanasia ; Terminal care ; Medical care ; Management [care] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Belgium.
Annotation	What is the relation between the care provided in the final three months of life and the prevalence of and types of end of life care in Belgium? End of life decisions including euthanasia or physician assisted suicide are not related to a lower use of palliative care in Belgium but instead often occur within the context of multidisciplinary care. This summary article outlines the findings of a 2-year nationwide mortality retrospective study in 2005, which collected observational data via the Sentinel Network of General Practitioners, an epidemiological surveillance system representative of all Belgian general practitioners (GPs). This is a summary of a paper that was published on bmj.com as BMJ 2009: 339:b2772. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090902212 A
Classmark	CY: LV: LK: QA: 3J: 76E *
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