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Is educational attainment related to end-of-life decision-making? A large post-mortem survey in Belgium

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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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BMC Public Health, November 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1055
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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.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 1%
Unknown 88 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
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 %
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%