'Unbearable suffering': a qualitative study on the perspectives of patients who request assistance in dying

MK Dees, MJ Vernooij-Dassen, WJ Dekkers… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - jme.bmj.com
Background One of the objectives of medicine is to relieve patients' suffering. As a
consequence, it is important to understand patients' perspectives of suffering and their ability …

Perspectives of decision-making in requests for euthanasia: a qualitative research among patients, relatives and treating physicians in the Netherlands

MK Dees, MJ Vernooij-Dassen… - Palliative …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Euthanasia has been legally performed in the Netherlands since 2002.
Respect for patient's autonomy is the underpinning ethical principal. However, patients have …

Quality of life and burden of spouses of Alzheimer disease patients

CJM Schölzel-Dorenbos, I Draskovic… - Alzheimer Disease & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The objective of the study was to explore, in a sample of spouses of mild-to-moderate
Alzheimer disease patients, predictors of quality of life (QoL) by rating QoL and burden. The …

Diagnosing dementia with confidence by GPs

HPJ van Hout, MJ Vernooij-Dassen… - Family …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Background. Earlier reports suggest limited clinical reasoning and substantial uncertainty of
GPs in assessing patients suspected of dementia. Objective. To explore the predictors of …

[PDF][PDF] Exploring unbearable suffering in a request for euthanasia. A comparison of perspectives of patients, relatives, attending physicians and independent doctors

MK Dees, MJ Vernooij-Dassen, WJ Dekkers… - When suffering … - repository.ubn.ru.nl
Background Unbearable suffering is a major condition for lawful euthanasia in the
Netherlands. The law provides no definition of unbearable suffering. It is an ambiguous …

[PDF][PDF] Quality of Life of Dementia Patients and Informal Caregivers Depends on Their Own Determinants

EJ Meeuwsen, CJM Schölzel-Dorenbos… - Towards efficient …, 2013 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
Background Our aim was to investigate associations between quality of life (QoL) of
dementia patients and informal caregivers to improve care planning. Methods Cross …