Ethical validity of palliative sedation therapy: A multicenter, prospective, observational study conducted on specialized palliative care units in Japan

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 308-319

  Morita, Tatsuya ^a   Chinone, Yoshikazu ^b   Ikenaga, Masayuki ^c   Miyoshi, Makoto ^d   Nakaho, Toshimichi ^e   Nishitateno, Kenji ^f   Sakonji, Mitsuaki ^g   Shima, Yasuo ^h   Suenaga, Kazuyuki ⁱ   Takigawa, Chizuko ^j   Kohara, Hiroyuki ^k   Tani, Kazuhiko ^l   Kawamura, Yasuo ^m   Matsubara, Tatsuhiro ⁿ   Watanabe, Akihiko ^o   Yagi, Yasuo ^p   Sasaki, Toru ^q   Higuchi, Akiko ^r   Kimura, Hideyuki ^s   Abo, Hirofumi ^t   Ozawa, Taketoshi ^u   Kizawa, Yoshiyuki ^v   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^w,x   more..

^a SEIREI MIKATAHARA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Peace House Hospice   (Japan)

^g Tsuboi Hospital   (Japan)

^h Tsukuba Medical Center   (Japan)

ⁱ YAMAGUCHI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^j KEIYUKAI SAPPORO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^k HIROSHIMA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^l FUKUI KEN SAISEIKAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m Yakushiyama Hospital   (Japan)

ⁿ Kawasaki Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^o Sapporo Higashi High School   (Japan)

^p Kobe College   (Japan)

^q Matsuyama Betheru Hospital   (Japan)

^r Toyama Prefetural Central Hospital   (Japan)

^s OKAYAMA SAISEIKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^t Federations of National Public Services   (Japan)

^u Yokohama Kosei Hospital   (Japan)

^v UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^w NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^x NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Ethics; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Palliative sedation therapy; Refractory symptoms

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALOPERIDOL; KETAMINE; LEVOMEPROMAZINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PHENOBARBITAL; SCOPOLAMINE BROMIDE; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; ETHICS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; HYDRATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; SEDATION; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 27344433110     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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