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Title |
Is educational attainment related to end-of-life decision-making? A large post-mortem survey in Belgium
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Published in |
BMC Public Health, November 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1055 |
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Authors |
Kenneth Chambaere, Judith AC Rietjens, Joachim Cohen, Koen Pardon, Reginald Deschepper, H Roeline W Pasman, Luc Deliens |
Abstract |
Educational attainment has been shown to influence access to and quality of health care. However, the influence of educational attainment on decision-making at the end of life with possible or certain life-shortening effect (ELDs ie intensified pain and symptom alleviation, non-treatment decisions, euthanasia/physician-assisted suicide, and life-ending acts without explicit request) is scarcely studied. This paper examines differences between educational groups pertaining to prevalence of ELDs, the decision-making process and end-of-life treatment characteristics. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 89 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Malaysia | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 88 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 12% |
Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
Researcher | 10 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 8% |
Other | 16 | 18% |
Unknown | 24 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 26% |
Social Sciences | 13 | 15% |
Psychology | 12 | 13% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 6% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 7% |
Unknown | 28 | 31% |