Classification of end-of-life decisions by Dutch physicians: findings from a cross-sectional survey | Zendy

Anouk Overbeek | Zendy; V E van de Wetering | Zendy; Johannes J. M. van Delden | Zendy; P.A.M. Mevis | Zendy; Bregje D. OnwuteakaPhilipsen | Zendy; L. Postma | Zendy; Judith Rietjens | Zendy; Agnes van der Heide | Zendy

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Classification of end-of-life decisions by Dutch physicians: findings from a cross-sectional survey

Author(s) -

Anouk Overbeek,

V E van de Wetering,

Johannes J. M. van Delden,

P.A.M. Mevis,

Bregje D. OnwuteakaPhilipsen,

L. Postma,

Judith Rietjens,

Agnes van der Heide

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm-20-453

Subject(s) - medicine , life expectancy , palliative care , logistic regression , assisted suicide , end of life care , family medicine , cross sectional study , expectancy theory , palliative sedation , psychiatry , nursing , population , environmental health , management , pathology , economics

At the end of patients' lives, physicians sometimes provide medication with the explicit intention to hasten death. Physicians' assessment of such acts varies. We studied which characteristics are associated with physicians' classification of these acts.

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