Background In 1991 a new procedure for reporting physician-assisted deaths was introduced
in the Netherlands that led to a tripling in the number of reported cases. In 1995, as part of …

Telecare is advocated in most European countries with great, if not grandiose, promises:
improving healthcare, lowering costs, solving workforce shortage. This paper does not so much …

Background Patients with end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience
poor quality of life and considerable problems in daily life. However, as they often do not …

BACKGROUND: Moral distress is associated with job dissatisfaction, turnover and early
retirement. Because of these negative consequences moral distress should be reduced. Little …

Background and Methods The characteristics and frequency of clinical problems with the
performance of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide are uncertain. We analyzed data …

The article examines the leadership of department heads in a university hospital in day-to-day
practice. These ‘doctors in the lead’ bridge the medical and the management world in the …

We have used longitudinal test data on various aspects of people's cognitive abilities to
analyse whether overeducated workers are more vulnerable to a decline in their cognitive …

Background Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide (EAS) in patients with psychiatric
disease, dementia or patients who are tired of living (without severe morbidity) is highly …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Retrospective studies show that most parents prefer to
share in decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment (LST) from their children. We do not yet …

Background Middle‐aged and older people often worry that their perceived diminishing
memory function may indicate incipient dementia. Objectives The present study addresses …