A National Guideline for Palliative Sedation in The Netherlands

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-670

  Verkerk, Marian ^a   van Wijlick, Eric ^b   Legemaate, Johan ^b,c   de Graeff, Alexander ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Dutch Medical Association   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

guideline; Palliative sedation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ARTICLE; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DELIRIUM; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 36349035938     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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