Implementation of a service for physicians’ consultation and information in euthanasia requests in Belgium

Yanna Van Wesemael, Joachim Cohen, Johan Bilsen, Tinne Smets, Bregje Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Wim Distelmans and Luc Deliens

Health Policy, 2012, vol. 104, issue 3, 272-278

Abstract: To study the implementation of LEIF, the consultation service which provides access to specially trained physicians to act as the legally required second physician in requests for euthanasia in Flanders and Brussels, Belgium, the use of which has been to shown to be beneficial to the careful practice of euthanasia.

Keywords: Euthanasia; Health service; Consultation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.12.001

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