Palliative sedation in Latin America: Survey on practices and attitudes

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 431-435

  Moyano, Jairo ^a   Zambrano, Sofia ^a   Ceballos, César ^a   Santacruz, Carlos Miguel ^a   Guerrero, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Latin America; Palliative; Refractory symptom; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 41849151732     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-007-0361-5     Document Type: Article

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