How Could Hospitalisations at the End of Life Have Been Avoided? A Qualitative Retrospective Study of the Perspectives of General Practitioners, Nurses and Family Carers

Maria C. De Korte-Verhoef; H. Roeline W. Pasman; Bart P. M. Schweitzer; Anneke L. Francke; Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen; Luc Deliens

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118971

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How Could Hospitalisations at the End of Life Have Been Avoided? A Qualitative Retrospective Study of the Perspectives of General Practitioners, Nurses and Family Carers

Maria C. De Korte-Verhoef ,

* E-mail: eol@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health & Expertise Center Palliative Care VUmc, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University medical center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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H. Roeline W. Pasman,

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health & Expertise Center Palliative Care VUmc, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University medical center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bart P. M. Schweitzer,

Affiliation Department of General Practice, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University medical center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Anneke L. Francke,

Affiliations Department of Public and Occupational Health & Expertise Center Palliative Care VUmc, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University medical center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, NIVEL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen,

Affiliation Department of Public and Occupational Health & Expertise Center Palliative Care VUmc, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University medical center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Luc Deliens

Affiliations Department of Public and Occupational Health & Expertise Center Palliative Care VUmc, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University medical center (VUmc), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, End-of-life Care Research Group, Ghent University & Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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How Could Hospitalisations at the End of Life Have Been Avoided? A Qualitative Retrospective Study of the Perspectives of General Practitioners, Nurses and Family Carers

Maria C. De Korte-Verhoef,
H. Roeline W. Pasman,
Bart P. M. Schweitzer,
Anneke L. Francke,
Bregje D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen,
Luc Deliens

Published: March 10, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118971

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