Erasmus MC, University of Rotterdam

Erasmus MC, University Hospital Rotterdam: partnership between dept of Medical Oncology and dept of Public Health. Both departments are participants in the Rotterdam Center of Expertise in Palliative Care.

Examples of Previous Relevant Collective Experience

• Regional, national and international (FP5) research projects on several end-of-life issues:
• end-of-life decision making, including euthanasia and palliative sedation;
• quality of life of cancer patients;
• care in the last three days of life;
• end-of-life decision making for children.
• Research in The Netherlands on the effects of the LCP on the quality of dying