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    Physicians

    General practitioners General practitioner (GP), or family doctor is a physician specialised in 'General Practice'. This physician* doesn’t work in a hospital but in "primary...
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    General hospitals

    Introduction Hospital departments and care programmes Hospital functions Medico-technical departments​ Quality of care and patient safety in hospitals Hospitals provide...
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    Hospital departments and care programmes

    Hospital departments Overview of the care programmes Monitoring, quality and evaluation Recognition Hospital departments A hospital department* offers patients a specific...
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    Euthanasia

    Since 2002, physicians in Belgium are, under stringent statutory conditions, allowed to perform euthanasia at a patient's request. However, physicians can never be compelled to do...
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    Non-conventional practices

    In response to a question from the European Parliament in 1997, Belgium enacteda the law on non-conventional practices* of 29.04.1999, also known as the "law Colla" (Belgian...
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    Healthcare facility standards

    Hospitals​ General hospitals Psychiatric hospitals Day care centres for the elderly Psychiatric nursing homes Mental health centres Primary care centres...
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    Hospital functions

    A hospital function* is a type of hospital-wide service. Hospital functions are transversal in nature and transcend the various hospital departments. For instance: The hospital...
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    Medico-technical departments

    Thanks to technological and scientific developments, the hospital sector has access to specialist equipment. The cost of this equipment can be astronomical. Also the staff who...
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    Quality of care and patient safety in hospitals

    Quality of care and patient safety are not only top of the Belgian healthcare policy agenda but are also major priorities for healthcare providers and hospitals across Belgium....
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    Psychiatric hospitals

    Psychiatric hospitals* are hospitals that exclusively concentrate on offering care to patients experiencing a range of mental health conditions. Not only psychiatric hospitals but...