Physician reports of medication use with explicit intention of hastening the end of life in the absence of explicit patient request in general practice in Belgium

• Main Authors: Echteld Michael (Author), Bossuyt Nathalie (Author), Van den Block Lieve (Author), Meeussen Koen (Author), Bilsen Johan (Author), Deliens Luc (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although the incidence of the use of life-ending drugs without explicit patient request has been estimated in several studies, in-depth empirical research on this controversial practice is nonexistent. Based on face-to-face interview...