Palliative sedation in terminally ill patients

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 550, Issue , 2004, Pages 263-267

  Rousseau, Paul C ^a  

^a CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRITION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 1842554862     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48526-8_24     Document Type: Conference Paper

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