Aim: Culture is becoming increasingly important in relation to end of life (EoL) care in a
context of globalization, migration and European integration. We explore and compare socio …

Background Empirical data about end-of-life decision-making practices are scarce. We
aimed to investigate frequency and characteristics of end-of-life decision-making practices in …

In the context of an European collaborative research project (EURELD), a study on attitudes
towards medical end-of-life decisions was conducted among physicians in Belgium …

An extensive research program has been undertaken in Norway on physician health,
sickness, working conditions and quality of life. Data are collected from cross-sectional and …

The object of this study was to investigate the attitudes of physicians, nurses and the general
public to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), active voluntary euthanasia (AVE) and passive …

In some countries, particularly Spain, one of the arguments used to justify the legalization of
euthanasia is that there is a strong social demand for it. To try to ascertain the truth of this …

This study reports UK doctors' opinions about legalisation of medically assisted dying
(euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide), comparing this with the UK general public. A …

Background In this study we investigated (a) to what extent physicians have experience with
performing a range of end-of-life decisions (ELDs),(b) if they have no experience with …

Background The aims of this study were to obtain information about the characteristics of
requests for euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) and to distinguish among …

Aim: To examine how physicians' life stances affect their attitudes to end-of-life decisions
and their actual end-of-life decision-making. Methods: Practising physicians from various …