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Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen

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1 Physician reports of terminal sedation without hydration or nutrition for patients nearing death in the Netherlands. Ann Intern Med 2004 4.66
2 End-of-life practices in the Netherlands under the Euthanasia Act. N Engl J Med 2007 4.21
3 Granted, undecided, withdrawn, and refused requests for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. Arch Intern Med 2005 2.75
4 Establishing specialized health services for professional consultation in euthanasia: experiences in the Netherlands and Belgium. BMC Health Serv Res 2009 2.40
5 Legal physician-assisted dying in Oregon and the Netherlands: evidence concerning the impact on patients in "vulnerable" groups. J Med Ethics 2007 2.27
6 Terminal sedation and euthanasia: a comparison of clinical practices. Arch Intern Med 2006 2.18
7 Medical end-of-life decisions for children in the Netherlands. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2005 2.09
8 Physician-assisted deaths under the euthanasia law in Belgium: a population-based survey. CMAJ 2010 2.01
9 Continuous deep sedation until death in Belgium: a nationwide survey. Arch Intern Med 2010 1.60
10 Discomfort in nursing home patients with severe dementia in whom artificial nutrition and hydration is forgone. Arch Intern Med 2005 1.53
11 Feeding nursing home patients with severe dementia: a qualitative study. J Adv Nurs 2003 1.47
12 The reporting rate of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: a study of the trends. Med Care 2008 1.46
13 Place of death of older persons with dementia. A study in five European countries. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010 1.44
14 [Improved end-of-life care for patients with dementia: greater family satisfaction and possibly greater end-of-life comfort]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2013 1.43
15 Physicians' willingness to grant requests for assistance in dying for children: a study of hypothetical cases. J Pediatr 2005 1.42
16 Using drugs to end life without an explicit request of the patient. Death Stud 2007 1.27
17 Congruence between patients' preferred and perceived participation in medical decision-making: a review of the literature. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2014 1.26
18 Attitudes of physicians, nurses and relatives towards end-of-life decisions concerning nursing home patients with dementia. Patient Educ Couns 2005 1.24
19 Medical end-of-life decisions made for neonates and infants in the Netherlands, 1995-2001. Lancet 2005 1.18
20 Medical end-of-life practices under the euthanasia law in Belgium. N Engl J Med 2009 1.18
21 Physicians' attitudes towards end-of-life decisions: a comparison between seven countries. Soc Sci Med 2004 1.13
22 Differences between terminally ill cancer patients who died after euthanasia had been performed and terminally ill cancer patients who did not request euthanasia. Palliat Med 2005 1.13
23 Preferences of the Dutch general public for a good death and associations with attitudes towards end-of-life decision-making. Palliat Med 2006 1.09
24 Evaluation of quality-of-life measures for use in palliative care: a systematic review. Palliat Med 2009 1.08
25 A comparison of attitudes towards end-of-life decisions: survey among the Dutch general public and physicians. Soc Sci Med 2005 1.06
26 Two Decades of Research on Euthanasia from the Netherlands. What Have We Learnt and What Questions Remain? J Bioeth Inq 2009 1.05
27 Frequency and determinants of advance directives concerning end-of-life care in The Netherlands. Soc Sci Med 2005 1.04
28 Role and involvement of life end information forum physicians in euthanasia and other end-of-life care decisions in Flanders, Belgium. Health Serv Res 2009 1.02
29 Discomfort in dementia patients dying from pneumonia and its relief by antibiotics. Scand J Infect Dis 2009 1.01
30 Physician discussions with terminally ill patients: a cross-national comparison. Palliat Med 2007 0.99
31 Trends in medical end-of-life decision making in Flanders, Belgium 1998-2001-2007. Med Decis Making 2010 0.99
32 Responders and non-responders in a study on medical end-of-life decisions in Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. Soz Praventivmed 2006 0.99
33 Recognising patients who will die in the near future: a nationwide study via the Dutch Sentinel Network of GPs. Br J Gen Pract 2011 0.98
34 Reasons for hospitalisation at the end of life: differences between cancer and non-cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 2013 0.97
35 Interviews on end-of-life care with older people: reflections on six european studies. Qual Health Res 2011 0.96
36 Physicians' experiences with end-of-life decision-making: survey in 6 European countries and Australia. BMC Med 2008 0.95
37 Trends in the use of opioids at the end of life and the expected effects on hastening death. J Pain Symptom Manage 2008 0.94
38 Retrospective and prospective data collection compared in the Dutch End Of Life in Dementia (DEOLD) study. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2014 0.93
39 Quality of dying of nursing home residents with dementia as judged by relatives. Int Psychogeriatr 2013 0.92
40 Physicians' experiences with demented patients with advance euthanasia directives in the Netherlands. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 0.90
41 A comparison of physicians' end-of-life decision making for non-western migrants and Dutch natives in the Netherlands. Eur J Public Health 2008 0.89
42 What is case management in palliative care? An expert panel study. BMC Health Serv Res 2012 0.89
43 The development of a model of dignity in illness based on qualitative interviews with seriously ill patients. Int J Nurs Stud 2013 0.89
44 Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a prospective study. J Neurol 2014 0.88
45 Forgoing artificial nutrition or hydration in patients nearing death in six European countries. J Pain Symptom Manage 2007 0.88
46 The use of opioids at the end of life: the knowledge level of Dutch physicians as a potential barrier to effective pain management. BMC Palliat Care 2010 0.87
47 Palliative care case management in primary care settings: a nationwide survey. Int J Nurs Stud 2013 0.87
48 Older peoples' attitudes towards euthanasia and an end-of-life pill in The Netherlands: 2001-2009. J Med Ethics 2012 0.87
49 Requests to forgo potentially life-prolonging treatment and to hasten death in terminally ill cancer patients: a prospective study. J Pain Symptom Manage 2006 0.87
50 Advance directives in the Netherlands: an empirical contribution to the exploration of a cross-cultural perspective on advance directives. Bioethics 2010 0.87
51 Symptoms, treatment and "dying peacefully" in terminally ill cancer patients: a prospective study. Support Care Cancer 2004 0.87
52 Analysis of the construct of dignity and content validity of the patient dignity inventory. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2011 0.85
53 PaTz groups for primary palliative care: reinventing cooperation between general practitioners and district nurses in palliative care: an evaluation study combining data from focus groups and a questionnaire. BMC Fam Pract 2014 0.84
54 Changes over a decade in end-of-life care and transfers during the last 3 months of life: a repeated survey among proxies of deceased older people. Palliat Med 2012 0.84
55 Design of the Advance Directives Cohort: a study of end-of-life decision-making focusing on Advance Directives. BMC Public Health 2010 0.84
56 Unbearability of suffering at the end of life: the development of a new measuring device, the SOS-V. BMC Palliat Care 2009 0.84
57 Content and spiritual items of quality-of-life instruments appropriate for use in palliative care: a review. J Pain Symptom Manage 2010 0.83
58 Preferences and actual treatment of older adults at the end of life. A mortality follow-back study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013 0.83
59 The use of opioids at the end of life: knowledge level of pharmacists and cooperation with physicians. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2010 0.83
60 Death with dignity from the perspective of the surviving family: a survey study among family caregivers of deceased older adults. Palliat Med 2013 0.83
61 What happens after a request for euthanasia is refused? Qualitative interviews with patients, relatives and physicians. Patient Educ Couns 2013 0.83
62 Changes in the personal dignity of nursing home residents: a longitudinal qualitative interview study. PLoS One 2013 0.83
63 End-of-life hospital referrals by out-of-hours general practitioners: a retrospective chart study. BMC Fam Pract 2012 0.82
64 Symptoms, unbearability and the nature of suffering in terminal cancer patients dying at home: a prospective primary care study. BMC Fam Pract 2013 0.82
65 The development of an instrument to measure factors that influence self-perceived dignity. J Palliat Med 2011 0.82
66 Palliative care case managers in primary care: a descriptive study of referrals in relation to treatment aims. J Palliat Med 2014 0.82
67 Preferences in end-of-life care of older persons: after-death interviews with proxy respondents. Soc Sci Med 2004 0.82
68 Older patients' attitudes towards and experiences of patient-physician end-of-life communication: a secondary analysis of interviews from British, Dutch and Belgian patients. BMC Palliat Care 2012 0.81
69 Does health status affect perceptions of factors influencing dignity at the end of life? J Pain Symptom Manage 2012 0.81
70 Awareness and use of practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch hospitals. Patient Educ Couns 2009 0.80
71 Caregivers' understanding of dementia predicts patients' comfort at death: a prospective observational study. BMC Med 2013 0.80
72 Consulting a trained physician when considering a request for euthanasia: an evaluation of the process in flanders and the Netherlands. Eval Health Prof 2010 0.80
73 [Advance euthanasia directives in dementia rarely carried out. Qualitative study in physicians and patients]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2010 0.80
74 Striving for quality or length at the end-of-life: attitudes of the Dutch general public. Patient Educ Couns 2004 0.80
75 Policy statements and practice guidelines for medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions: developments in the past decade. Health Policy 2009 0.80
76 The broad spectrum of unbearable suffering in end-of-life cancer studied in dutch primary care. BMC Palliat Care 2012 0.80
77 Requests for euthanasia: origin of suffering in ALS, heart failure, and cancer patients. J Neurol 2010 0.80
78 Burden for family carers at the end of life; a mixed-method study of the perspectives of family carers and GPs. BMC Palliat Care 2014 0.80
79 Requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide from older persons who do not have a severe disease: an interview study. Psychol Med 2005 0.79
80 Dutch experience of monitoring active ending of life for newborns. J Med Ethics 2010 0.79
81 When being 'tired of living' plays an important role in a request for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide: patient characteristics and the physician's decision. Health Policy 2005 0.79
82 Education on end-of-life care in the medical curriculum: students' opinions and knowledge. J Palliat Med 2010 0.79
83 Nursing home staff's views on residents' dignity: a qualitative interview study. BMC Health Serv Res 2013 0.79
84 Palliative treatment alternatives and euthanasia consultations: a qualitative interview study. J Pain Symptom Manage 2011 0.78
85 Personal dignity in the terminally ill from the perspective of caregivers: a survey among trained volunteers and physicians. J Palliat Med 2013 0.78
86 Decision-making capacity and communication about care of older people during their last three months of life. BMC Palliat Care 2013 0.78
87 Selection bias in family reports on end of life with dementia in nursing homes. J Palliat Med 2012 0.78
88 Requests for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide and the availability and application of palliative options. Palliat Support Care 2006 0.77
89 Euthanasia requests and cancer types in the Netherlands: is there a relationship? Health Policy 2008 0.77
90 What is the methodological rigour of palliative care research in long-term care facilities in Europe? A systematic review. Palliat Med 2011 0.76
91 Starting artificial nutrition and hydration in patients with dementia in The Netherlands: frequencies, patient characteristics and decision-making process. Aging Clin Exp Res 2007 0.76
92 Forgoing artificial nutrition and hydration in nursing home patients with dementia: patients, decision making, and participants. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 2004 0.76
93 Psychiatric consultation with regard to requests for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 2004 0.76
94 Assessing the validity and intra-observer agreement of the MIDAM-LTC; an instrument measuring factors that influence personal dignity in long-term care facilities. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2014 0.75
95 The first five years of euthanasia legislation in Belgium and the Netherlands: description and comparison of cases. Palliat Med 2011 0.75
96 No increase in demand for euthanasia following implementation of the Euthanasia Act in The Netherlands; pain as a reason for euthanasia request was increasing before implementation but declined subsequently. Evid Based Med 2010 0.75
97 Factors related to establishing a comfort care goal in nursing home patients with dementia: a cohort study among family and professional caregivers. J Palliat Med 2014 0.75
98 Relieving pain and suffering does not hasten death. Crit Care Med 2008 0.75
99 Involvement of supportive care professionals in patient care in the last month of life. Support Care Cancer 2015 0.75
100 Cross-sectional research into counselling for non-physician assisted suicide: who asks for it and what happens? BMC Health Serv Res 2014 0.75
101 [Avoiding hospitalisation at the end of life: perspectives of general practitioners, nurses and family carers]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2015 0.75
102 [Primary care patients hastening death by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2015 0.75
103 Regulating physician-assisted dying for minors in the Netherlands: views of paediatricians and other physicians. Acta Paediatr 2007 0.75
104 [Perspectives of medical specialists on sharing decisions in cancer care: a qualitative study concerning chemotherapy decisions with patients with recurrent glioblastoma]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2015 0.75
105 Physicians' opinions on palliative care and euthanasia in the Netherlands. J Palliat Med 2006 0.75
106 Development and dissemination of institutional practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions. Health Policy 2009 0.75
107 Predictors of survival in nursing home patients with severe dementia in whom artificial nutrition and hydration are [corrected] forgone. Int Psychogeriatr 2006 0.75
108 A "suicide pill" for older people: attitudes of physicians, the general population, and relatives of patients who died after euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide in The Netherlands. Death Stud 2005 0.75
109 Relatives' perspective on the terminally ill patients who died after euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide: a retrospective cross-sectional interview study in the Netherlands. Death Stud 2006 0.75
110 Withdrawing an explicit request for euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide: a retrospective study on the influence of mental health status and other patient characteristics. Psychol Med 2005 0.75
111 [The End-of-life Clinic: results from the first year]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2015 0.75
112 How patients and relatives experience a visit from a consulting physician in the euthanasia procedure: a study among relatives and physicians. Death Stud 2009 0.75
113 When do people with dementia die peacefully? An analysis of data collected prospectively in long-term care settings. Palliat Med 2013 0.75
114 [Frequency and characteristics of use of morphine at the end of life: a cross-sectional study]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2014 0.75
115 How do general practitioners assess the criteria for due care for euthanasia in concrete cases? Health Policy 2008 0.75