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Nationwide survey to evaluate the decision-making process in euthanasia requests in Belgium: do specifically trained 2nd physicians improve quality of consultation?
BACKGROUND: Following the 2002 enactment of the Belgian law on euthanasia, which requires the consultation of an independent second physician before proceeding with euthanasia, the Life End Information Forum (LEIF) was founded which provides specifically trained physicians who can act as mandatory c...
Autores principales: | Cohen, Joachim, Van Wesemael, Yanna, Smets, Tinne, Bilsen, Johan, Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje, Distelmans, Wim, Deliens, Luc |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4114442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25030375 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-307 |
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