Terminal sedation for existential distress

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 189-195

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Tsunoda, Junichi ^a   Inoue, Satoshi ^a   Chihara, Satoshi ^a  

^a Seirei Mikatabara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERMINAL CARE;

COHORT STUDIES; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0034191187     PISSN: 10499091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104990910001700313     Document Type: Article

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