Definitions and recommendations for palliative sedation - Results of an international working group of palliative care experts;Empfehlungen zur palliativen sedierung - Arbeitsergebnisse einer internationalen expertengruppe

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 131, Issue 48, 2006, Pages 2733-2736

  Müller Busch, H Christof ^a   Radbruch, L ^b   Strasser, F ^c   Voltz, R ^d  

^a Abt f Anasthesiologie Palliativmedizin und Schmerztherapie am Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhohe   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c Kantonsspital St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consensus; Ethics; Guidelines; Palliative medicine; Palliative sedation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

BIOETHICS; CONSENSUS; DOCUMENTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; ARTICLE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 33846389976     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-956299     Document Type: Review

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