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Opinions about euthanasia and advanced dementia: a qualitative study among Dutch physicians and members of the general public

BACKGROUND: The Dutch law states that a physician may perform euthanasia according to a written advance euthanasia directive (AED) when a patient is incompetent as long as all legal criteria of due care are met. This may also hold for patients with advanced dementia. We investigated the differing op...

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Autores principales: Kouwenhoven, Pauline SC, Raijmakers, Natasja JH, van Delden, Johannes JM, Rietjens, Judith AC, van Tol, Donald G, van de Vathorst, Suzanne, de Graeff, Nienke, Weyers, Heleen AM, van der Heide, Agnes, van Thiel, Ghislaine JMW
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4350907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25630339
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-16-7