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1: BMJ. 2007 May 19;334(7602):1022.

Exploring ageing and bereavement.

Ferriman A.

BMJ.

PMID: 17510122 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
2: N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):2004; author reply 2004-5. Related Articles, LinkOut

Comment on:
Communicating about dying in the ICU.

Fisher KA.

Publication Types:
  • Comment
  • Letter

PMID: 17506162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
3: N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):2004; author reply 2004-5. Related Articles, LinkOut

Comment on:
Communicating about dying in the ICU.

Karakitsos D, Karabinis A.

Publication Types:
  • Comment
  • Letter

PMID: 17506161 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
4: Lancet. 2007 May 12;369(9573):1576. Related Articles, LinkOut
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Improving end-of-life care for children.

[No authors listed]

Publication Types:
  • Editorial

PMID: 17499580 [PubMed - in process]
5: N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):2003-4; author reply 2004-5. Related Articles, LinkOut

Comment on:
Communicating about dying in the ICU.

Hansen-Flaschen J.

Publication Types:
  • Comment
  • Letter

PMID: 17494939 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
6: N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):1957-65. Related Articles, LinkOut
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Comment in:
End-of-life practices in the Netherlands under the Euthanasia Act.

van der Heide A, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Rurup ML, Buiting HM, van Delden JJ, Hanssen-de Wolf JE, Janssen AG, Pasman HR, Rietjens JA, Prins CJ, Deerenberg IM, Gevers JK, van der Maas PJ, van der Wal G.

Department of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands. a.vanderheide@erasmusmc.nl

BACKGROUND: In 2002, an act regulating the ending of life by a physician at the request of a patient with unbearable suffering came into effect in the Netherlands. In 2005, we performed a follow-up study of euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and other end-of-life practices. METHODS: We mailed questionnaires to physicians attending 6860 deaths that were identified from death certificates. The response rate was 77.8%. RESULTS: In 2005, of all deaths in the Netherlands, 1.7% were the result of euthanasia and 0.1% were the result of physician-assisted suicide. These percentages were significantly lower than those in 2001, when 2.6% of all deaths resulted from euthanasia and 0.2% from assisted suicide. Of all deaths, 0.4% were the result of the ending of life without an explicit request by the patient. Continuous deep sedation was used in conjunction with possible hastening of death in 7.1% of all deaths in 2005, significantly increased from 5.6% in 2001. In 73.9% of all cases of euthanasia or assisted suicide in 2005, life was ended with the use of neuromuscular relaxants or barbiturates; opioids were used in 16.2% of cases. In 2005, 80.2% of all cases of euthanasia or assisted suicide were reported. Physicians were most likely to report their end-of-life practices if they considered them to be an act of euthanasia or assisted suicide, which was rarely true when opioids were used. CONCLUSIONS: The Dutch Euthanasia Act was followed by a modest decrease in the rates of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. The decrease may have resulted from the increased application of other end-of-life care interventions, such as palliative sedation. Copyright 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society.

Publication Types:
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

PMID: 17494928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
7: N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):1911-3. Related Articles, LinkOut
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Comment on:
Legal regulation of physician-assisted death--the latest report cards.

Quill TE.

Center for Ethics, Humanities, and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA.

Publication Types:
  • Comment

PMID: 17494924 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
8: Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 1;146(9):682-3. Related Articles, LinkOut
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Trials that matter: CD4+ T-lymphocyte count-guided interruption of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected patients.

Jacobson JM, Turner BJ, Abrutyn E.

Publication Types:
  • Editorial

PMID: 17470837 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


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