Objectives : Exploring terminal patients' perceptions of GPs' role in delivering continuous
end-of-life care and identifying barriers to this. Design : Qualitative interview study with patients (…

Background Our study is a repeat of the Dutch death-certificate study on end-of-life decisions
(ELDs). The main objective was to estimate the frequency of euthanasia (the administration …

In the context of an European collaborative research project (EURELD), a study on attitudes
towards medical end-of-life decisions was conducted among physicians in Belgium, …

In surveys of physicians about patients who had died in Belgium, where euthanasia is legal,
the rate of euthanasia increased between 2007 and 2013, from 1.9 to 4.6% of deaths. The …

Background: Legalization of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has been heavily
debated in many countries. To help inform this debate, we describe the practices of euthanasia …

The legalization of physician-assisted death for terminally ill patients is a controversial
medical and societal issue. These authors investigated differences in the frequency and …

Background: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death to
control refractory symptoms in terminal cancer care. We examined reported practice of United …

Background In this study we investigated (a) to what extent physicians have experience with
performing a range of end-of-life decisions (ELDs), (b) if they have no experience with …

Aim: To examine how physicians’ life stances affect their attitudes to end-of-life decisions
and their actual end-of-life decision-making. Methods: Practising physicians from various …

Objectives To estimate the rate of reporting of euthanasia cases to the Federal Control and
Evaluation Committee and to compare the characteristics of reported and unreported cases …