SPICT as a predictive tool for risk of 1-year health degradation and death in older patients admitted to the emergency department: a bicentric cohort study in Belgium by Delphine Bourmorck, Marie de Saint-Hubert, Marianne Desmedt, Ruth Piers, Julien Flament, Isabelle De Brauwer

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Coaching doctors to improve ethical decision-making in adult hospitalised patients potentially receiving excessive treatment: Study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised... by Dominique D Benoit, Stijn Vanheule, Frank Manesse, Frederik Anseel, Geert De Soete, Katrijn Goethals, An Lievrouw, Stijn Vansteelandt, Erik De Haan, Ruth Piers, CODE study group

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Advance care planning in dementia: recommendations for healthcare professionals by Ruth Piers, Gwenda Albers, Joni Gilissen, Jan De Lepeleire, Jan Steyaert, Wouter Van Mechelen, Els Steeman, Let Dillen, Paul Vanden Berghe, Lieve Van den Block

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Outcomes of ICU patients with and without perceptions of excessive care: a comparison between cancer and non-cancer patients by Dominique D. Benoit, Esther N. van der Zee, Michael Darmon, An K. L. Reyners, Victoria Metaxa, Djamel Mokart, Alexander Wilmer, Pieter Depuydt, Andreas Hvarfner, Katerina Rusinova, Jan G.Zijlstra, François Vincent, Dimitrios Lathyris, Anne-Pascale Meert, Jacques Devriendt, Emma Uyttersprot, Erwin J. O. Kompanje, Ruth Piers, Elie Azoulay

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Integrating palliative care in long-term care facilities across Europe (PACE): protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial of the ‘PACE Steps to Success’ intervention in seve... by Tinne Smets, Bregje B. D. Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Rose Miranda, Lara Pivodic, Marc Tanghe, Hein van Hout, Roeline H. R. W. Pasman, Mariska Oosterveld-Vlug, Ruth Piers, Nele Van Den Noortgate, Anne B. Wichmann, Yvonne Engels, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Jo Hockley, Katherine Froggatt, Sheila Payne, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Marika Kylänen, Suvi Leppäaho, Ilona Barańska, Giovanni Gambassi, Sophie Pautex, Catherine Bassal, Luc Deliens, Lieve Van den Block, on behalf of the PACE trial group

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