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Development and dissemination of institutional practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions.

Hesselink BA, Pasman HR, van der Wal G, van der Maas PJ, van der Heide A, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD.

Health Policy. 2009 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19889472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Unbearability of suffering at the end of life: the development of a new measuring device, the SOS-V.

Ruijs KD, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, van der Wal G, Kerkhof AJ.

BMC Palliat Care. 2009 Nov 3;8:16.PMID: 19887004 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Trends and determinants of end-of-life practices in ALS in the Netherlands.

Maessen M, Veldink JH, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, de Vries JM, Wokke JH, van der Wal G, van den Berg LH.

Neurology. 2009 Sep 22;73(12):954-61.PMID: 19770471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The nature and causes of unintended events reported at ten emergency departments.

Smits M, Groenewegen PP, Timmermans DR, van der Wal G, Wagner C.

BMC Emerg Med. 2009 Sep 18;9:16.PMID: 19765275 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Awareness and use of practice guidelines on medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch hospitals.

Hesselink BA, Pasman HR, van der Wal G, van der Maas PJ, van der Heide A, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD.

Patient Educ Couns. 2009 Sep 10. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19748202 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Adverse events and potentially preventable deaths in Dutch hospitals: results of a retrospective patient record review study.

Zegers M, de Bruijne MC, Wagner C, Hoonhout LH, Waaijman R, Smits M, Hout FA, Zwaan L, Christiaans-Dingelhoff I, Timmermans DR, Groenewegen PP, van der Wal G.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Aug;18(4):297-302.PMID: 19651935 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring patient safety culture: an assessment of the clustering of responses at unit level and hospital level.

Smits M, Wagner C, Spreeuwenberg P, van der Wal G, Groenewegen PP.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2009 Aug;18(4):292-6.PMID: 19651934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The inter-rater agreement of retrospective assessments of adverse events does not improve with two reviewers per patient record.

Zegers M, de Bruijne MC, Wagner C, Groenewegen PP, van der Wal G, de Vet HC.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 May 25. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19473812 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

[Intensive care. Minimal health care standards]

Schellekens W, van der Wal G.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2009 Mar 14;153(11):483-4. Dutch. No abstract available. PMID: 19402320 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Design of a study on suboptimal cognitive acts in the diagnostic process, the effect on patient outcomes and the influence of workload, fatigue and experience of physician.

Zwaan L, Thijs A, Wagner C, van der Wal G, Timmermans DR.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Apr 21;9:65.PMID: 19383168 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Policy statements and practice guidelines for medical end-of-life decisions in Dutch health care institutions: developments in the past decade.

Pasman HR, Wolf JE, Hesselink BA, van der Heide A, van der Wal G, van der Maas PJ, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD.

Health Policy. 2009 Sep;92(1):79-88. Epub 2009 Apr 1.PMID: 19342116 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

COX-2 Inhibition Combined with Radiation Reduces Orthotopic Glioma Outgrowth by Targeting the Tumor Vasculature.

Wagemakers M, van der Wal GE, Cuberes R, Alvarez I, Andrés EM, Buxens J, Vela JM, Moorlag H, Mooij JJ, Molema G.

Transl Oncol. 2009 Mar;2(1):1-7.PMID: 19252746 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Direct medical costs of adverse events in Dutch hospitals.

Hoonhout LH, de Bruijne MC, Wagner C, Zegers M, Waaijman R, Spreeuwenberg P, Asscheman H, van der Wal G, van Tulder MW.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2009 Feb 9;9:27.PMID: 19203365 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Discomfort in dementia patients dying from pneumonia and its relief by antibiotics.

Van Der Steen JT, Pasman HR, Ribbe MW, Van Der Wal G, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD.

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(2):143-51.PMID: 19065450 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prescribing of pain medication in palliative care. A survey in general practice.

Borgsteede SD, Deliens L, Zuurmond WW, Schellevis FG, Willems DL, Van der Wal G, van Eijk JT.

Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009 Jan;18(1):16-23.PMID: 18985638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Benefits and pitfalls of pooling datasets from comparable observational studies: combining US and Dutch nursing home studies.

van der Steen JT, Kruse RL, Szafara KL, Mehr DR, van der Wal G, Ribbe MW, D'Agostino RB.

Palliat Med. 2008 Sep;22(6):750-9.PMID: 18715975 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Does offering prenatal screening influence pregnant women's attitudes regarding prenatal testing?

Kleinveld JH, van den Berg M, van Eijk JT, van Vugt JM, van der Wal G, Timmermans DR.

Community Genet. 2008;11(6):368-74. Epub 2008 Aug 5.PMID: 18690005 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Understanding pregnant women's decision making concerning prenatal screening.

van den Berg M, Timmermans DR, Knol DL, van Eijk JT, de Smit DJ, van Vugt JM, van der Wal G.

Health Psychol. 2008 Jul;27(4):430-7.PMID: 18643000 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Euthanasia requests and cancer types in the Netherlands: is there a relationship?

Abarshi E, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, van der Wal G.

Health Policy. 2009 Feb;89(2):168-73. Epub 2008 Jul 7.PMID: 18606474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Increase in preventive screening: need for revision of the Dutch 'Wet op het Bevolkingsonderzoek' (Population Screening Act)]

Reulings PG, van Wijngaarden JK, van der Wal G.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2008 May 24;152(21):1193-4. Dutch. PMID: 18578443 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[The usefulness of the hospital standardized mortality ratio as an indicator of hospital mortality]

den Ouden AL, van der Wal G.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2008 May 24;152(21):1191-2. Dutch. PMID: 18578442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Listen to their answers! Response behaviour in the measurement of physical and role functioning.

Westerman MJ, Hak T, Sprangers MA, Groen HJ, van der Wal G, The AM.

Qual Life Res. 2008 May;17(4):549-58.PMID: 18389384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dealing with requests for euthanasia: a qualitative study investigating the experience of general practitioners.

Georges JJ, The AM, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, van der Wal G.

J Med Ethics. 2008 Mar;34(3):150-5.PMID: 18316454 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Parents' perceived vulnerability and perceived control in preventing Meningococcal C infection: a large-scale interview study about vaccination.

Timmermans DR, Henneman L, Hirasing RA, van der Wal G.

BMC Public Health. 2008 Feb 1;8:45.PMID: 18241345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Correlations of knowledge and preference of medical students for a specialty career: a case-study of youth health care.

Soethout MB, Ten Cate OT, van der Wal G.

BMC Public Health. 2008 Jan 14;8:14.PMID: 18194536 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Interdisciplinary cooperation of GPs in palliative care at home: a nationwide survey in The Netherlands.

Borgsteede SD, Deliens L, van der Wal G, Francke AL, Stalman WA, van Eijk JT.

Scand J Prim Health Care. 2007 Dec;25(4):226-31.PMID: 18041659 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dementia severity, decline and improvement after a lower respiratory tract infection.

van der Steen JT, Kruse RL, Mehr DR, Ribbe MW, van der Wal G.

J Nutr Health Aging. 2007 Nov-Dec;11(6):502-6.PMID: 17985067 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of an interest in a career in public health during medical school.

Soethout MB, Ten Cate OJ, van der Wal G.

Public Health. 2008 Apr;122(4):361-6. Epub 2007 Nov 5.PMID: 17983634 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Career goals and choice of profession among recently graduated physicians]

Soethout MB, van der Wal G, ten Cate TJ.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007 Sep 22;151(38):2118-23. Dutch. PMID: 17948830 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Change in what matters to palliative patients: eliciting information about adaptation with SEIQoL-DW.

Westerman MJ, Hak T, The AM, Echteld MA, Groen HJ, van der Wal G.

Palliat Med. 2007 Oct;21(7):581-6.PMID: 17942496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses.

Cohen J, Bilsen J, Miccinesi G, Löfmark R, Addington-Hall J, Kaasa S, Norup M, van der Wal G, Deliens L.

BMC Public Health. 2007 Oct 8;7:283.PMID: 17922894 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Legal physician-assisted dying in Oregon and the Netherlands: evidence concerning the impact on patients in "vulnerable" groups.

Battin MP, van der Heide A, Ganzini L, van der Wal G, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD.

J Med Ethics. 2007 Oct;33(10):591-7.PMID: 17906058 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Symptoms in patients receiving palliative care: a study on patient-physician encounters in general practice.

Borgsteede SD, Deliens L, Beentjes B, Schellevis F, Stalman WA, Van Eijk JT, Van der Wal G.

Palliat Med. 2007 Jul;21(5):417-23.PMID: 17901101 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Again, mismanagement]

van der Wal GH.

Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2007 Aug 15;132(16):628. Dutch. No abstract available. PMID: 17849915 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Waiting for elective surgery: effect on physical problems and postoperative recovery.

Oudhoff JP, Timmermans DR, Knol DL, Bijnen AB, Van der Wal G.

ANZ J Surg. 2007 Oct;77(10):892-8.PMID: 17803558 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Waiting for elective general surgery: impact on health related quality of life and psychosocial consequences.

Oudhoff JP, Timmermans DR, Knol DL, Bijnen AB, van der Wal G.

BMC Public Health. 2007 Jul 19;7:164.PMID: 17640382 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Dementia, lower respiratory tract infection, and long-term mortality.

van der Steen JT, Mehr DR, Kruse RL, Ribbe MW, van der Wal G.

J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007 Jul;8(6):396-403. Epub 2007 Jun 14.PMID: 17619038 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

['At the cutting edge' Interview by Jannetje Koelewijn]

van der Wal G.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007 Jan 6;151(1):102-4. Dutch. No abstract available. PMID: 17583054 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Practice of the statutory disciplinary system for health care psychologists in the Netherlands.

Hout FA, Bosma JM, Hubben JH, van der Wal G.

Eur J Health Law. 2007 Apr;14(1):75-91.PMID: 17566322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

End-of-life decision making in neonates and infants: comparison of The Netherlands and Belgium (Flanders).

Vrakking AM, van der Heide A, Provoost V, Bilsen J, van der Wal G, Deliens L.

Acta Paediatr. 2007 Jun;96(6):820-4.PMID: 17537009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Treatment of pneumonia in nursing home residents with severe dementia: for residents with poor prognosis, a more reserved approach in The Netherlands and more active treatment in the United States]

van der Steen JT, Kruse RL, van der Wal G, Mehr DR, Ribbe MW.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007 Apr 21;151(16):915-9. Dutch. PMID: 17500344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

End-of-life practices in the Netherlands under the Euthanasia Act.

van der Heide A, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Rurup ML, Buiting HM, van Delden JJ, Hanssen-de Wolf JE, Janssen AG, Pasman HR, Rietjens JA, Prins CJ, Deerenberg IM, Gevers JK, van der Maas PJ, van der Wal G.

N Engl J Med. 2007 May 10;356(19):1957-65.PMID: 17494928 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

[Rebirth of a monster?]

van der Wal GH.

Tijdschr Diergeneeskd. 2007 Apr 15;132(8):320; author reply 320-1. Dutch. No abstract available. PMID: 17489384 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Disciplinary measures for healthcare practitioners in the Netherlands 1983-2002]

Hout FA, Cuperus-Bosmat JM, de Peuter OR, Hubben JH, van der Wal G.

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2007 Apr 14;151(15):881-6. Dutch. PMID: 17472121 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Small-cell lung cancer patients are just 'a little bit' tired: response shift and self-presentation in the measurement of fatigue.

Westerman MJ, The AM, Sprangers MA, Groen HJ, van der Wal G, Hak T.

Qual Life Res. 2007 Jun;16(5):853-61. Epub 2007 Feb 15.PMID: 17450423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Are counsellors' attitudes influencing pregnant women's attitudes and decisions on prenatal screening?

van den Berg M, Timmermans DR, Kleinveld JH, van Eijk JT, Knol DL, van der Wal G, van Vugt JM.

Prenat Diagn. 2007 Jun;27(6):518-24.PMID: 17367105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment strategy and risk of functional decline and mortality after nursing-home acquired lower respiratory tract infection: two prospective studies in residents with dementia.

van der Steen JT, Mehr DR, Kruse RL, Ribbe MW, van der Wal G.

Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Oct;22(10):1013-9.PMID: 17340655 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Starting artificial nutrition and hydration in patients with dementia in The Netherlands: frequencies, patient characteristics and decision-making process.

van Wigcheren PT, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Pasman HR, Ooms ME, Ribbe MW, van der Wal G.

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2007 Feb;19(1):26-33.PMID: 17332718 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Using drugs to end life without an explicit request of the patient.

Rietjens JA, Bilsen J, Fischer S, Van Der Heide A, Van Der Maas PJ, Miccinessi G, Norup M, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD, Vrakking AM, Van Der Wal G.

Death Stud. 2007 Mar;31(3):205-21.PMID: 17330359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The acceptability of waiting times for elective general surgery and the appropriateness of prioritising patients.

Oudhoff JP, Timmermans DR, Rietberg M, Knol DL, van der Wal G.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Feb 28;7:32.PMID: 17328816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article