The use of palliative sedation for existential distress: A psychiatric perspective

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 339-351

  Schuman Olivier, Zev ^a,b   Brendel, David H ^c   Forstein, Marshall ^a,b   Price, Bruce H ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Existential distress; Existential psychotherapy; Neuropsychiatry; Palliative care; Palliative sedation; Respite sedation; Terminal sedation

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CHLORPROMAZINE; DULOXETINE; MEMANTINE; MIDAZOLAM; MIRTAZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RIVASTIGMINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; SEDATION;

EID: 57649115458     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220802576917     Document Type: Review

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