L Deliens

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Affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Country: Belgium

Publications

  1. ncbi Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes
    Dirk Houttekier
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 11:228. 2011
  2. ncbi 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
    Koen Meeussen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 10:186. 2010
  3. ncbi Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions: a mortality follow-back study in Belgium
    Lieve Van den Block
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 9:79. 2009
  4. ncbi Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments
    Ina D'Haene
    Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
    BMC Palliat Care 8:20. 2009
  5. ncbi Establishing specialized health services for professional consultation in euthanasia: experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium
    Yanna Van Wesemael
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:220. 2009
  6. ncbi Hospitalisations at the end of life: using a sentinel surveillance network to study hospital use and associated patient, disease and healthcare factors
    Lieve Van den Block
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    BMC Health Serv Res 7:69. 2007
  7. ncbi Are cultural dimensions relevant for explaining cross-national differences in antibiotic use in Europe?
    Reginald Deschepper
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:123. 2008
  8. ncbi End-of-life decisions in medical practice in Flanders, Belgium: a nationwide survey
    L Deliens
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
    Lancet 356:1806-11. 2000
  9. ncbi The use of drugs to hasten death
    Luc Deliens
    End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:113-5. 2004
  10. ncbi Characteristics of referral to a multidisciplinary palliative home care team
    Katrien Drieskens
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Palliat Care 24:162-6. 2008

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  1. ncbi Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes
    Dirk Houttekier
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 11:228. 2011
    ..The study of trends in place of death is necessary to examine causes of shifts, to evaluate efforts to alter place of death and develop future policies. This study aims to examine past trends and future projections of place of death...
  2. ncbi 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
    Koen Meeussen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 10:186. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions: a mortality follow-back study in Belgium
    Lieve Van den Block
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 9:79. 2009
    ..This is the first nationwide study that can make these comparisons and the first measurement after implementation of the euthanasia law (2002)...
  4. ncbi Policies to improve end-of-life decisions in Flemish hospitals: communication, training of health care providers and use of quality assessments
    Ina D'Haene
    Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
    BMC Palliat Care 8:20. 2009
    ..The aim of the present study is to report on the existence and nature of end-of-life policy implementation activities in Flemish acute hospitals...
  5. ncbi Establishing specialized health services for professional consultation in euthanasia: experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium
    Yanna Van Wesemael
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Health Serv Res 9:220. 2009
    ..The aim of this study is to describe and compare these initiatives...
  6. ncbi Hospitalisations at the end of life: using a sentinel surveillance network to study hospital use and associated patient, disease and healthcare factors
    Lieve Van den Block
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    BMC Health Serv Res 7:69. 2007
    ..In this study we aim to describe hospital use in the last three months of life in Belgium and identify associated patient, disease and healthcare factors...
  7. ncbi Are cultural dimensions relevant for explaining cross-national differences in antibiotic use in Europe?
    Reginald Deschepper
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Health Serv Res 8:123. 2008
    ....
  8. ncbi End-of-life decisions in medical practice in Flanders, Belgium: a nationwide survey
    L Deliens
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
    Lancet 356:1806-11. 2000
    ....
  9. ncbi The use of drugs to hasten death
    Luc Deliens
    End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 13:113-5. 2004
  10. ncbi Characteristics of referral to a multidisciplinary palliative home care team
    Katrien Drieskens
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Palliat Care 24:162-6. 2008
    ....
  11. ncbi Medical end-of-life decisions in children in Flanders, Belgium: a population-based postmortem survey
    Geert Pousset
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:547-53. 2010
    ..To estimate the prevalence of end-of-life decisions and to describe their characteristics and the preceding decision-making process in minors in Belgium...
  12. ncbi Nurses' attitudes towards end-of-life decisions in medical practice: a nationwide study in Flanders, Belgium
    E Inghelbrecht
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Palliat Med 23:649-58. 2009
    ..Overall, nurses' work setting determines their opinions on nurses' role in ELDs. In conclusion, nurses accept a wide variety of ELDs being practiced with terminally ill patients...
  13. ncbi The role of general practitioners in continuity of care at the end of life: a qualitative study of terminally ill patients and their next of kin
    Eva Michiels
    Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Palliat Med 21:409-15. 2007
    ..Exploring terminal patients' perceptions of GPs' role in delivering continuous end-of-life care and identifying barriers to this...
  14. ncbi Information disclosure to terminally ill patients and their relatives: self-reported practice of Belgian clinical specialists and general practitioners
    E Michiels
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
    Palliat Med 23:345-53. 2009
    ..There is a significant difference between clinical specialists and GPs. Clinical specialists and GPs discuss most end-of-life topics with the patient but omit important issues such as end-of-life hastening options and life-expectancy...
  15. ncbi The use of drugs with a life-shortening effect in end-of-life care in neonates and infants
    Veerle Provoost
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Intensive Care Med 32:133-9. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: When life-shortening was explicitly intended, (dosages of) drugs were likely to be lethal. Drugs administered also clearly hastened death in some cases where life-shortening was not explicitly intended...
  16. ncbi Medical end-of-life decisions in neonates and infants in Flanders
    Veerle Provoost
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
    Lancet 365:1315-20. 2005
    ..The type of decision varied substantially according to the age of the child. Most physicians favour legalisation of the use of lethal drugs in some cases...
  17. ncbi Consultation of parents in actual end-of-life decision-making in neonates and infants
    Veerle Provoost
    End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Pediatr 165:859-66. 2006
    ..1%). Parents of infants with a small gestational age more often explicitly requested an ELD...
  18. ncbi [Do-not-resuscitate policy on acute geriatric wards in Flanders, Belgium]
    C De Gendt
    Onderzoeksgroep Zorg rond het Levenseinde, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgie
    Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 38:246-54. 2007
    ..DNR policies varied in content and scope and were predominantly an expression of institutional defensive attitudes rather than a tool to promote patient involvement in DNR and other end-of-life decisions...
  19. ncbi Care for patients in the last months of life: the Belgian Sentinel Network Monitoring End-of-Life Care study
    Lieve Van den Block
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Arch Intern Med 168:1747-54. 2008
    ....
  20. ncbi Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses
    Joachim Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 7:283. 2007
    ..This study illustrates opportunities and weaknesses of death certificate data to provide such information on place of death and associated factors in nine European countries (seven entire countries and five regions)...
  21. ncbi The medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium and The Netherlands: legal notification, control and evaluation procedures
    Tinne Smets
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Health Policy 90:181-7. 2009
    ..To describe and compare current legal procedures for notifying, controlling and evaluating (NCE-procedures) euthanasia in Belgium and the Netherlands, and to discuss the implications for a safe and controllable euthanasia practice...
  22. ncbi End-of-life decision-making in Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: does place of death make a difference?
    Joachim Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:1062-8. 2007
    ..To examine differences in end-of-life decision-making in patients dying at home, in a hospital or in a care home...
  23. ncbi End-of-life decision-making and terminal sedation among very old patients
    Cindy De Gendt
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Gerontology 55:99-105. 2009
    ..In general, there is little information available concerning the circumstances and quality of the end of life of this group...
  24. ncbi A post-mortem survey on end-of-life decisions using a representative sample of death certificates in Flanders, Belgium: research protocol
    Kenneth Chambaere
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    BMC Public Health 8:299. 2008
    ....
  25. ncbi Truth-telling at the end of life: a pilot study on the perspective of patients and professional caregivers
    Reginald Deschepper
    End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Human Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    Patient Educ Couns 71:52-6. 2008
    ..To describe the attitudes towards truth-telling of both terminal patients and professional caregivers, and to determine their perceived barriers to full information exchange...
  26. ncbi Influence of physicians' life stances on attitudes to end-of-life decisions and actual end-of-life decision-making in six countries
    J Cohen
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Laarbeeklaan 103, B 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    J Med Ethics 34:247-53. 2008
    ..To examine how physicians' life stances affect their attitudes to end-of-life decisions and their actual end-of-life decision-making...
  27. ncbi Development of palliative care and legalisation of euthanasia: antagonism or synergy?
    Jan L Bernheim
    End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    BMJ 336:864-7. 2008
  28. ncbi Medical end-of-life decisions: experiences and attitudes of Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses
    Els Inghelbrecht
    End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
    Am J Crit Care 18:160-8. 2009
    ..To investigate Belgian pediatric intensive care nurses' involvement in and attitudes toward medical end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect...
  29. ncbi Legal euthanasia in Belgium: characteristics of all reported euthanasia cases
    Tinne Smets
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Med Care 48:187-92. 2010
    ..To study the reported medical practice of euthanasia in Belgium since implementation of the euthanasia law...
  30. ncbi Attitudes of nurses towards euthanasia and towards their role in euthanasia: a nationwide study in Flanders, Belgium
    Els Inghelbrecht
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels 1090, Belgium
    Int J Nurs Stud 46:1209-18. 2009
    ..Nurses have an important role in caring for terminally ill patients. They are also often involved in euthanasia. However, little is known about their attitudes towards it...
  31. ncbi Reporting of euthanasia in medical practice in Flanders, Belgium: cross sectional analysis of reported and unreported cases
    Tinne Smets
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    BMJ 341:c5174. 2010
    ..Design Cross sectional analysis. Setting Flanders, Belgium...
  32. ncbi Preferences of patients with advanced lung cancer regarding the involvement of family and others in medical decision-making
    Koen Pardon
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Palliat Med 13:1199-203. 2010
    ..To explore the preferences of competent patients with advanced lung cancer regarding involvement of family and/or others in their medical decision-making, and their future preferences in case of loss of competence...
  33. ncbi Are patients' preferences for information and participation in medical decision-making being met? Interview study with lung cancer patients
    Koen Pardon
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Palliat Med 25:62-70. 2011
    ..To conclude, preferences of patients with lung cancer for information concerning delicate topics and for shared decision-making with the physician were not well met...
  34. ncbi Consulting a trained physician when considering a request for euthanasia: an evaluation of the process in flanders and the Netherlands
    Yanna Van Wesemael
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    Eval Health Prof 33:497-513. 2010
    ..Consultation with specialized consultation services seems to promote quality of euthanasia consultations...
  35. ncbi Physician-assisted deaths under the euthanasia law in Belgium: a population-based survey
    Kenneth Chambaere
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    CMAJ 182:895-901. 2010
    ..To help inform this debate, we describe the practices of euthanasia and assisted suicide, and the use of life-ending drugs without an explicit request from the patient, in Flanders, Belgium, where euthanasia is legal...
  36. ncbi The role of nurses in physician-assisted deaths in Belgium
    Els Inghelbrecht
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    CMAJ 182:905-10. 2010
    ..We also examined factors associated with these deaths...
  37. ncbi Influence of the metropolitan environment on end-of-life decisions: A population-based study of end-of-life decision-making in the Brussels metropolitan region and non-metropolitan Flanders
    Joachim Cohen
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Health Place 16:784-93. 2010
    ..Specific approaches to end-of-life decisions in metropolitan areas need to be considered...
  38. ncbi Place of death of older persons with dementia. A study in five European countries
    Dirk Houttekier
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Am Geriatr Soc 58:751-6. 2010
    ..The provision of appropriate long-term care facilities with appropriate staffing could be the primary policy instrument that could help patients with dementia avoid dying in the hospital and ensure quality of end-of-life care in Europe...
  39. ncbi Euthanasia in patients dying at home in Belgium: interview study on adherence to legal safeguards
    Tinne Smets
    End of Life Care Research Group, and Department of Public Health, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Br J Gen Pract 60:e163-70. 2010
    ..Euthanasia became legal in Belgium in 2002. Physicians must adhere to legal due care requirements when performing euthanasia; for example, consulting a second physician and reporting each euthanasia case to the Federal Review Committee...
  40. ncbi Which patients with cancer die at home? A study of six European countries using death certificate data
    Joachim Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Clin Oncol 28:2267-73. 2010
    ..This study examines the proportion of cancer deaths occurring at home in six European countries in relation to illness and to demographic and health care factors...
  41. ncbi Preferences of advanced lung cancer patients for patient-centred information and decision-making: a prospective multicentre study in 13 hospitals in Belgium
    Koen Pardon
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Patient Educ Couns 77:421-9. 2009
    ..To identify preferences of advanced lung cancer patients for receiving information and participating in decision-making concerning treatment options, health-care-setting transfers and end-of-life decision-making...
  42. ncbi Place of death in metropolitan regions: metropolitan versus non-metropolitan variation in place of death in Belgium, The Netherlands and England
    Dirk Houttekier
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Health Place 16:132-9. 2010
    ..These findings warrant specific approaches to end-of-life care in metropolitan areas...
  43. ncbi Role and involvement of life end information forum physicians in euthanasia and other end-of-life care decisions in Flanders, Belgium
    Yanna Van Wesemael
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels, Belgium
    Health Serv Res 44:2180-92. 2009
    ..To describe role and involvement of Life End Information Forum (LEIF) physicians in end-of-life care decisions and euthanasia in Flanders...
  44. ncbi GPs' awareness of patients' preference for place of death
    Koen Meeussen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Br J Gen Pract 59:665-70. 2009
    ..Being able to die in one's place of choice is an indicator of the quality of end-of-life care. GPs may play a key role in exploring and honouring patients' preferences for place of death...
  45. ncbi Euthanasia and other end of life decisions and care provided in final three months of life: nationwide retrospective study in Belgium
    Lieve Van den Block
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    BMJ 339:b2772. 2009
    ..To explore the relation between the care provided in the final three months of life and the prevalence and types of end of life decisions in Belgium. Design Two year nationwide retrospective study, 2005-6 (SENTI-MELC study)...
  46. ncbi Determinants of the place of death in the Brussels metropolitan region
    Dirk Houttekier
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels 1090, Belgium
    J Pain Symptom Manage 37:996-1005. 2009
    ....
  47. ncbi Factors related to the involvement of nurses in medical end-of-life decisions in Belgium: a death certificate study
    Els Inghelbrecht
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Int J Nurs Stud 45:1022-31. 2008
    ..Until now we know little about factors relating to the involvement of nurses in these decisions...
  48. ncbi Communication on end-of-life decisions with patients wishing to die at home: the making of a guideline for GPs in Flanders, Belgium
    Reginald Deschepper
    End of Life Care Research Group, Dept of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Br J Gen Pract 56:14-9. 2006
    ..Communication with patients on end-of-life decisions is a delicate topic for which there is little guidance...
  49. ncbi European public acceptance of euthanasia: socio-demographic and cultural factors associated with the acceptance of euthanasia in 33 European countries
    Joachim Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
    Soc Sci Med 63:743-56. 2006
    ..g. Germany). Thus, we demonstrated clear cross-national differences with regard to the acceptance of euthanasia, which can serve as an important basis for further debate and research in the specific countries...
  50. ncbi Physician-assisted death: attitudes and practices of community pharmacists in East Flanders, Belgium
    Johan Bilsen
    Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, B 1090 Brussels, Belgium
    Palliat Med 19:151-7. 2005
    ....
  51. ncbi Dying at home or in an institution using death certificates to explore the factors associated with place of death
    Joachim Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Health Policy 78:319-29. 2006
    ..The knowledge of determinants of place of death is important for public health policy aimed at improving the quality of end-of-life care...
  52. ncbi Trends in acceptance of euthanasia among the general public in 12 European countries (1981-1999)
    Joachim Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Eur J Public Health 16:663-9. 2006
    ..We wanted to examine how the acceptance of euthanasia among the general public in Western Europe has changed in the last decades, and we wanted to look for possible explanations...
  53. ncbi End-of-life decisions among cancer patients compared with noncancer patients in Flanders, Belgium
    Lieve Van den Block
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, End of Life Care Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
    J Clin Oncol 24:2842-8. 2006
    ..We investigated incidences and characteristics of ELDs among nonsudden cancer and noncancer deaths...
  54. ncbi The incidence and characteristics of end-of-life decisions by GPs in Belgium
    Johan Bilsen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Department of Medical Sociology and Health Sciences, Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
    Fam Pract 21:282-9. 2004
    ..Medical end-of-life decisions (ELDs) have been discussed for several years in different countries, but little is known about the involvement of GPs in these ELDs...
  55. ncbi Do-not-resuscitate policy on acute geriatric wards in Flanders, Belgium
    Cindy De Gendt
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2221-6. 2005
    ..To describe the historical development and status of a do-not-resuscitate (DNR) policy on acute geriatric wards in Flanders, Belgium, and to compare it with the international situation...
  56. ncbi Changes in medical end-of-life practices during the legalization process of euthanasia in Belgium
    Johan Bilsen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Soc Sci Med 65:803-8. 2007
    ....
  57. ncbi Drugs used to alleviate symptoms with life shortening as a possible side effect: end-of-life care in six European countries
    Johan Bilsen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Pain Symptom Manage 31:111-21. 2006
    ....
  58. ncbi Nurses' involvement in 'do not resuscitate' decisions on acute elder care wards
    Cindy De Gendt
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Adv Nurs 57:404-9. 2007
    ..This paper reports the involvement of nurses in 'do not resuscitate' decision-making on acute elder care wards and their adherence to such decisions in the case of an actual cardiopulmonary arrest...
  59. ncbi Prevalence of patients with do-not-resuscitate status on acute geriatric wards in Flanders, Belgium
    Cindy De Gendt
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:395-9. 2007
    ..This study aims to investigate the prevalence of patients with do-not-resuscitate (DNR) status on acute geriatric wards and the characteristics of the preceding decision-making process...
  60. ncbi A classification of end-of-life decisions in neonates and infants
    V Provoost
    Department of Medical Sociology, Free University of Brussels (VUB, Brussels, Belgium
    Acta Paediatr 93:301-5. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: This classification has been devised with the aim of making reliable and valid descriptions of both the incidence and nature of ELDs in this specific population of newborns and infants...
  61. ncbi Population-based study of dying in hospital in six European countries
    J Cohen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    Palliat Med 22:702-10. 2008
    ..These findings can contribute to rational public health policies aimed at reducing hospital deaths...
  62. ncbi Involvement of nurses in physician-assisted dying
    Johan J R Bilsen
    End of Life Care Research Group, Medical Sociology and Health Sciences MESO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
    J Adv Nurs 47:583-91. 2004
    ..Empirical research on these end-of-life decisions focuses predominantly on the physicians' role. Little is known about the role of other health care workers, especially that of nurses...
  63. ncbi [A comparative study of the euthanasia laws of Belgium and the Netherlands]
    L Deliens
    End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
    Rev Med Liege 58:485-92. 2003
    ....
  64. ncbi End-of-life decision-making in six European countries: descriptive study
    Agnes van der Heide
    Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, Netherlands
    Lancet 362:345-50. 2003
    ..We aimed to investigate frequency and characteristics of end-of-life decision-making practices in six European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland...
  65. ncbi End-of-life decision making in Europe and Australia: a physician survey
    Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen
    Department of Social Medicine, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Intern Med 166:921-9. 2006
    ..The frequencies with which physicians make different medical end-of-life decisions (ELDs) may differ between countries, but comparison between countries has been difficult owing to the use of dissimilar research methods...
  66. ncbi Quality of life change and response shift in patients admitted to palliative care units: a pilot study
    Michael A Echteld
    Department of Nursing Home Medicine, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Palliat Med 19:381-8. 2005
    ..The individual QoL of patients who did not reconceptualize or did not change values was higher than the individual QoL of patients who did. The current pilot data need to be corroborated with data from additional respondents...
  67. ncbi The last days of life of nursing home patients with and without dementia assessed with the palliative care outcome scale
    Hella E Brandt
    Department of Nursing Home Medicine and Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine (EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Palliat Med 19:334-42. 2005
    ..The results indicate that the POS is an appropriate instrument to assess not only cancer patients, but also non-cancer and (moderately) severely demented patients...
  68. ncbi Access to death certificates: what should research ethics committees require for approval?
    Tore Nilstun
    Lund University, Department of Medical Ethics, Sweden
    Ann Epidemiol 16:281-4. 2006
    ....
  69. ncbi [End-of-life decision making in six European countries]
    Agnes van der Heide
    Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Department of Public Health,
    Lakartidningen 100:2434-9. 2003
  70. ncbi The euthanasia law in Belgium and the Netherlands
    Luc Deliens
    Lancet 362:1239-40. 2003
  71. ncbi [End-of-life decision making in six European countries]
    Agnes van der Heide
    Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam
    Ugeskr Laeger 166:156-9. 2004
  72. ncbi [Facilitators and barriers in implementing units for short term terminal care in nursing homes]
    Michael A Echteld
    Instituut voor Extramuraal Geneeskundig Onderzoek, VU Medisch Centrum, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam
    Tijdschr Gerontol Geriatr 35:21-7. 2004
    ..Barriers included lack of funds and shortage of staff. Further development of the requirements based on the results of this study by a committee of experts was advised...
  73. ncbi Palliative care and euthanasia in countries with a law on euthanasia
    Luc Deliens
    Palliat Med 17:393-4. 2003
  74. ncbi Good end-of-life care according to patients and their GPs
    Sander D Borgsteede
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Br J Gen Pract 56:20-6. 2006
    ..Most patients prefer to die at home, where a GP provides end-of-life care. A few previous studies have been directed at the GPs' values on good end-of-life care, yet no study combined values of patients and their own GP...
  75. ncbi Symptoms in patients receiving palliative care: a study on patient-physician encounters in general practice
    Sander D Borgsteede
    VU University Medical Center, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Palliat Med 21:417-23. 2007
    ..To face these complex challenges in patients receiving palliative care at home, GPs have to be trained as well as supported by specialized palliative care consultants...
  76. ncbi End-of-life decision making in neonates and infants: comparison of The Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders)
    Astrid M Vrakking
    Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    Acta Paediatr 96:820-4. 2007
    ..We compared the results of two recent studies on end-of-life decisions (ELDs) for neonates and infants in Belgium (Flanders) and The Netherlands...
  77. ncbi Transitions between care settings at the end of life in belgium
    Lieve Van den Block
    JAMA 298:1638-9. 2007
  78. ncbi Determinants of self-medication with antibiotics in Europe: the impact of beliefs, country wealth and the healthcare system
    Larissa Grigoryan
    Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
    J Antimicrob Chemother 61:1172-9. 2008
    ..We studied the impact of predisposing factors (e.g. attitudes and knowledge concerning antibiotic use and self-medication) and enabling factors (country wealth and healthcare system factors) on self-medication with antibiotics in Europe...
  79. ncbi Communication about euthanasia in general practice: opinions and experiences of patients and their general practitioners
    Sander D Borgsteede
    VU University Medical Center, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Patient Educ Couns 66:156-61. 2007
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate whether patients and their GPs talk about euthanasia, and if so, how they communicate about this...
  80. ncbi Spiritual issues in palliative care consultations in the Netherlands
    Annemieke Kuin
    VU University Medical Center, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Palliat Med 20:585-92. 2006
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  81. ncbi The last two days of life of nursing home patients--a nationwide study on causes of death and burdensome symptoms in The Netherlands
    Hella E Brandt
    Department of Nursing Home Medicine, Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Palliat Med 20:533-40. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: In practice, it appears that, for many patients, the last days of life are spent unconscious or conscious with one or more burdensome symptom(s), which suggests the potential for improvement of symptom management...
  82. ncbi Responders and non-responders in a study on medical end-of-life decisions in Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland
    Susanne Fischer
    Institute of Sociology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
    Soz Praventivmed 51:24-33. 2006
    ..To determine the direction and magnitude of participation bias in end-of-life research...
  83. ncbi Do-not-resuscitate decisions in six European countries
    Johannes J M van Delden
    University Medical Center Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Crit Care Med 34:1686-90. 2006
    ..Most of these decisions are individual, but institutional decisions occur frequently as well. In most countries, the involvement of patients in DNR decision making can be improved...
  84. ncbi Continuous deep sedation: physicians' experiences in six European countries
    Guido Miccinesi
    Center for Study and Prevention of Cancer, Epidemiology Unit, Florence, Italy
    J Pain Symptom Manage 31:122-9. 2006
    ..The high variability of frequency and characteristics of CDS in the studied European countries points out the importance of medical education and scientific debate on this issue...
  85. ncbi Interdisciplinary cooperation of GPs in palliative care at home: a nationwide survey in The Netherlands
    Sander D Borgsteede
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Scand J Prim Health Care 25:226-31. 2007
    ..To investigate the occurrence and predictors of interdisciplinary cooperation of GPs with other caregivers in palliative care at home...
  86. ncbi Palliative care units in The Netherlands: changes in patients' functional status and symptoms
    Michael A Echteld
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Department of Nursing Home Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Pain Symptom Manage 28:233-43. 2004
    ..Limitations include the use of proxy measures and some forms of selection bias, which may lead to underestimation of symptom levels...
  87. ncbi Predicted survival vs. actual survival in terminally ill noncancer patients in Dutch nursing homes
    Hella E Brandt
    Department of Nursing Home Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Pain Symptom Manage 32:560-6. 2006
    ..Prognostication over a longer period of time tends to be less accurate, and, therefore, continues to be a challenging task for NH physicians...
  88. ncbi Symptoms, signs, problems, and diseases of terminally ill nursing home patients: a nationwide observational study in the Netherlands
    Hella E Brandt
    Department of Nursing Home Medicine and Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Arch Intern Med 165:314-20. 2005
    ..For more targeted palliative care, more information is needed about the patient characteristics, symptoms, direct causes and underlying diseases, and incidence of terminally ill NH patients. These aspects are examined in this study...
  89. ncbi Defining the patient population: one of the problems for palliative care research
    Sander D Borgsteede
    Department of Public and Occupational Health, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Palliat Med 20:63-8. 2006
    ..Future research in palliative care should acknowledge the limitations of using certain inclusion criteria and explore potential bias...
  90. ncbi EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer?
    Michael A Echteld
    Palliat Med 20:1-2. 2006
  91. ncbi Palliative care consultation in The Netherlands: a nationwide evaluation study
    Annemieke Kuin
    Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Pain Symptom Manage 27:53-60. 2004
    ..According to the requesting professionals, consultation was helpful and contributed to improving the quality of palliative care...