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The Family Physician’s Perceived Role in Preventing and Guiding Hospital Admissions at the End of Life: A Focus Group Study

Thijs Reyniers, Dirk Houttekier, H. Roeline Pasman, Robert Vander Stichele, Joachim Cohen and Luc Deliens
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2014, 12 (5) 441-446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1666
Thijs Reyniers
1End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium
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Dirk Houttekier
1End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium
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H. Roeline Pasman
2EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Robert Vander Stichele
1End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium
3Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Joachim Cohen
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Luc Deliens
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vol. 12 no. 5 441-446
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1666
PubMed 
25354408

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication October 29, 2013
  • Revision received March 26, 2013
  • Accepted for publication May 1, 2014
  • Published online September 8, 2014.

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  1. Thijs Reyniers, MSc1⇑,
  2. Dirk Houttekier, PhD1,
  3. H. Roeline Pasman, PhD2,
  4. Robert Vander Stichele, MD,PhD1,3,
  5. Joachim Cohen, PhD1,* and
  6. Luc Deliens, PhD1,2,*
  1. 1End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium
  2. 2EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research and Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  3. 3Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Thijs Reyniers, MSc, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Laarbeeklaan 103, B-1090, Brussels, Belgium, Thijs.reyniers{at}vub.ac.be

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Thijs Reyniers, Dirk Houttekier, H. Roeline Pasman, Robert Vander Stichele, Joachim Cohen, Luc Deliens
The Annals of Family Medicine Sep 2014, 12 (5) 441-446; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1666

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