Terminal sedation in mentally competent patients: No overriding medical-ethical arguments against in the medical literature;Terminale sedatie bij wilsbekwame patiënten: Geen overwegende morele bezwaren in de medische literatuur

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 2479-2483

  Van Deijck, R H P D ^a,b   Rondas, A A L M ^a,c   Berghmans, R L P ^a  

^a Zurggroep Noord Limburg   (Netherlands)

^b Stichting Gezondheidszorg O Z L   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABUSE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CAREGIVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; EUTHANASIA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORALITY; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; SEDATION; TERMINAL DISEASE; TERMINAL SEDATION;

ETHICS, CLINICAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0346258105     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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