Terminal sedation: An acceptable exit strategy?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 236-237

  Gillick, Muriel R ^a,b  

^a HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE;

ASSISTED SUICIDE; DYING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543066336     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-141-3-200408030-00018     Document Type: Review

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