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End of life with dementia in long-term care facilities
van Soest-Poortvliet, M.C.
2015
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van Soest-Poortvliet, M. C. (2015). End of life with dementia in long-term care facilities: Measurement of quality
and advance care planning.
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End of life with dementia in long-term care facilities
Measurement of quality and advance care planning
The studies presented in this thesis were conducted within the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research (EMGO+), Department of General Practice & Elderly Care Medicine of the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The EMGO+ Institute participates in the Netherlands School of Primary Care Research (CaRe), which has been acknowledged by the Royal Dutch Academy (KNAW).
The studies were funded by grants from The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development (ZonMw), The Hague (grant numbers 1150.0003 and 1151.0001) The study in second part of this thesis was also supported by a career award provided to Jenny van der Steen by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO, the Hague; Veni 916.66.073 and Vidi 917.11.339). Financial support for the printing of this thesis was kindly provided by the VU University Amsterdam and Alzheimer Nederland.
ISBN: 978-94-6259-737-2
Cover design: M.C. van Soest-Poortvliet Lay-out: M.C. van Soest-Poortvliet
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VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT
End of life with dementia in long-term care facilities
Measurement of quality and advance care planning
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor aan
de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr. F.A. van der Duyn Schouten,
in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie
van de Faculteit der Geneeskunde op woensdag 9 september 2015 om 15.45 uur
in de aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105
door
Mirjam Caroline van Soest-Poortvliet
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Mijn doel
Iets wat ik wil bereiken Wat ik graag doe
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