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Primary Care Patients Hastening Death by Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking

Eva E. Bolt, Martijn Hagens, Dick Willems and Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen
The Annals of Family Medicine September 2015, 13 (5) 421-428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1814
Eva E. Bolt
1Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • For correspondence: ee.bolt@vumc.nl
Martijn Hagens
1Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dick Willems
2Department of General Practice, Section of Medical Ethics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen
1Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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vol. 13 no. 5 421-428
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1814
PubMed 
26371262

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication February 9, 2015
  • Revision received May 14, 2015
  • Accepted for publication May 26, 2015
  • Published online September 14, 2015.

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  1. Eva E. Bolt, MD1⇑,
  2. Martijn Hagens, MSc1,
  3. Dick Willems, MD, PhD2 and
  4. Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, PhD1
  1. 1Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc Expertise Center for Palliative Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  2. 2Department of General Practice, Section of Medical Ethics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Eva Elizabeth Bolt, MD, Dept. Public and Occupational Health, VUmc, Van der Boechorstraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ee.bolt{at}vumc.nl

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