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Coppen, Remco; Friele, Roland D.; Gevers, Sjef K. M.; Van Der Zee, Jouke – Death Studies, 2010
Next of kin play an important role in organ donation. The aim of this study was to assess the extent to which explicitness of consent to organ donation by the deceased impacts the likelihood that next of kin will agree to organ donation of the deceased by using hypothetical cases. Results indicate that that people say they are more willing to…
Descriptors: Human Body, Donors, Decision Making, Death
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Rietjens, Judith A.C.; Bilsen, Johan; Fischer, Susanne; van der Heide, Agnes; van der Maas, Paul J.; Miccinessi, Guido; Norup, Michael; Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D.; Vrakking, Astrid M.; van der Wal, Gerrit. – Death Studies, 2007
A small proportion of deaths result from the use of drugs with the intention to hasten death without an explicit request of the patient. Additional insight into its characteristics is needed for evaluating this practice. In the Netherlands in 2001, questionnaires were mailed to physicians that addressed the decision making that preceded their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Patients, Physicians, Narcotics