The impact on the family of terminal restlessness and its management

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 454-460

  Brajtman, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Palliative care; Sedation; Symptom control; Symptom distress; Terminal restlessness

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGITATION; AMBIVALENCE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PERCEPTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; STAFF TRAINING; TERMINAL DISEASE;

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNICATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 0038013620     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0960327103pm779oa     Document Type: Review

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