Trends in Continuous Deep Sedation until Death between 2007 and 2013: A Repeated Nationwide Survey

• Lenzo Robijn ,

  * E-mail: Lenzo.robijn@vub.ac.be

  Affiliations End-of-life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Medical Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7020-7638

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• Joachim Cohen,

  Affiliation End-of-life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium

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• Judith Rietjens,

  Affiliation End-of-life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium

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• Luc Deliens ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Luc Deliens, Kenneth Chambaere

  ¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

  Affiliations End-of-life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Medical Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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• Kenneth Chambaere

  Contributed equally to this work with: Luc Deliens, Kenneth Chambaere

  ¶‡ These authors are joint last authors on this work.

  Affiliations End-of-life Care Research Group, Department of Family Medicine and Chronic Care, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Medical Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

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