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Dutch GPs’ experience of burden by euthanasia requests from people with dementia: a quantitative survey

Jaap Schuurmans, Chantalle Crol, Marcel Olde Rikkert and Yvonne Engels
BJGP Open 2021; 5 (1): bjgpopen20X101123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101123
Jaap Schuurmans
1 GP, Radboud University, Groesbeek, The Netherlands
2 Researcher, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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  • For correspondence: jschuurmans{at}praktijkottenhoff.nl
Chantalle Crol
3 Primary Care Physician of the Elderly, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Marcel Olde Rikkert
4 Professor, Department Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Yvonne Engels
5 Professor in Meaningful Healthcare, Anesthesiology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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vol. 5 no. 1 bjgpopen20X101123
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https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgpopen20X101123
PubMed 
33172849

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  • Received June 5, 2020
  • Accepted July 1, 2020
  • Published online February 23, 2021.

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  1. Jaap Schuurmans1,2,*,
  2. Chantalle Crol3,
  3. Marcel Olde Rikkert4 and
  4. Yvonne Engels5
  1. 1 GP, Radboud University, Groesbeek, The Netherlands
  2. 2 Researcher, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
  3. 3 Primary Care Physician of the Elderly, Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Palliative Medicine, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  4. 4 Professor, Department Geriatric Medicine, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  5. 5 Professor in Meaningful Healthcare, Anesthesiology, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  1. ↵ *For correspondence:
    Jaap Schuurmans, jschuurmans{at}praktijkottenhoff.nl
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