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¹ M. Verhofstadt, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Belgium; L. Thienpont, Co-founder of and psychiatrist at Vonkel (an end-of-life consultation centre), Ghent, Belgium; G.-J. Y. Peters, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Psychology and Education Science, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands; K. Chambaere, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium. Email: monica.verhofstadt@gmail.com.

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M Verhofstadt et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;211(6):397-398.

doi: 10.1192/bjp.211.6.397b.

¹ M. Verhofstadt, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and Ghent University, Belgium; L. Thienpont, Co-founder of and psychiatrist at Vonkel (an end-of-life consultation centre), Ghent, Belgium; G.-J. Y. Peters, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Psychology and Education Science, Open University of the Netherlands, Heerlen, The Netherlands; K. Chambaere, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Belgium. Email: monica.verhofstadt@gmail.com.

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When unbearable suffering incites psychiatric patients to request euthanasia: qualitative study.
Verhofstadt M, Thienpont L, Peters GY. Verhofstadt M, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Oct;211(4):238-245. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.117.199331. Br J Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 28970302 Free PMC article.
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Clifford JM. Clifford JM. Br J Psychiatry. 2017 Dec;211(6):397. doi: 10.1192/bjp.211.6.397. Br J Psychiatry. 2017. PMID: 29196397 No abstract available.