Mordang, Serge BR; Vanassche, Eline; 63083; Smeenk, Frank WJM; Stassen, Laurents PS; Konings, Karen D;
BACKGROUND: The clinical workplace offers residents many opportunities for learning. Reflection on workplace experiences drives learning and development because experiences potentially make residents reconsider existing knowledge, action repertoires and beliefs. As reflective learning in the workplace cannot be taken for granted, we aimed to gain a...
Wichmann, Anne B. Adang, Eddy M. M. Vissers, Kris C. P. Szczerbińska, Katarzyna Kylänen, Marika Payne, Sheila Gambassi, Giovanni Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje D. Smets, Tinne Van den Block, Lieve
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BMC Medicine
BackgroundThe number of residents in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in need of palliative care is growing in the Western world. Therefore, it is foreseen that significantly higher percentages of budgets will be spent on palliative care. However, cost-effectiveness analyses of palliative care interventions in these settings are lacking. Therefore...
Verhofstadt, Monica Audenaert, Kurt Van den Broeck, Kris Deliens, Luc Mortier, Freddy Titeca, Koen Pardon, Koen De Bacquer, Dirk Chambaere, Kenneth
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BMC Psychiatry
BackgroundSince its legalisation in 2002, the number of times euthanasia has been carried out in response to requests from adults with psychiatric conditions (APC) has continued to increase. However, little is known about why and how psychiatrists become engaged in the assessment of such euthanasia requests.MethodsA cross-sectional survey study was...
Kherad, Omar; Peiffer-Smadja, Nathan; Karlafti, Lina; Lember, Margus; Van Aerde, Nathalie; 117071; Gunnarsson, Orvar; Baicus, Cristian; Vieira, Miguel Bigotte; Vaz-Carneiro, Antonio; Brucato, Antonio;
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The concept of Less is More medicine emerged in North America in 2010. It aims to serve as an invitation to recognize the potential risks of overuse of medical care that may result in harm rather than in better health, tackling the erroneous assumption that more care is always better. In response, several medical societies across the world launched...
Willmott, Lindy White, Ben Ko, Danielle Downar, James Deliens, Luc
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BMJ supportive & palliative care
On 19 June 2019, assisted dying became lawful in Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia. Section 8 of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act is a legislative safeguard that is designed to ensure a patient's request for assistance to die is voluntary. This section prohibits health practitioners from initiating a conversation about assisted ...
Dombrecht, Laure Deliens, Luc Chambaere, Kenneth Baes, Saskia Cools, Filip Goossens, Linde Naulaers, Gunnar Roets, Ellen Piette, Veerle Cohen, Joachim
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Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
Perinatal death is often preceded by an end-of-life decision (ELD). Disparate hospital policies, complex legal frameworks and ethically difficult cases make attitudes important. This study investigated attitudes of neonatologists and nurses towards perinatal ELDs. A survey was handed out to all neonatologists and neonatal nurses in all eight neonat...
Birgand, G Mutters, NT Ahmad, R Tacconelli, E Lucet, J-C Holmes, A
Background Using case-vignettes, we assessed the perception of European infection control (IC) specialists regarding the individual and collective risk associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among inpatients. Methods In this study, sixteen case-vignettes were developed to simulate hospitalised patient scenarios in the field of AMR and IC. A...
Dombrecht, Laure Piette, Veerle Deliens, Luc Cools, Filip Chambaere, Kenneth Goossens, Linde Naulaers, Gunnar Cornette, Lucas Beernaert, Kim Cohen, Joachim
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Ceuterick, Melissa Bracke, Piet Van Canegem, Timo Buffel, Veerle
Although the prevalence of common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety, is higher among people with a migration background, these groups are generally underrepresented in all forms of institutionalized mental health care. At the root of this striking discrepancy might be unequal referral by health care practitioners. In this arti...
Dombrecht, Laure Cohen, Joachim Cools, Filip Deliens, Luc Goossens, Linde Naulaers, Gunnar Beernaert, Kim Chambaere, Kenneth Laroche, Sabrina Theyskens, Claire-Eline
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Background: Moral distress and burnout related to end-of-life decisions in neonates is common in neonatologists and nurses working in neonatal intensive care units. Attention to their emotional burden and psychological support in research is lacking. Aim: To evaluate perceived psychological support in relation to end-of-life decisions of neonatolog...