Advance directives for euthanasia in dementia: do law-based opportunities lead to more euthanasia?

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Published in Health Policy on July 27, 2010

Authors

Marike E de Boer1, Rose-Marie Dröes, Cees Jonker, Jan A Eefsting, Cees M P M Hertogh

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Nursing Home Medicine, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands. m.deboer@vumc.nl

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