Authors' Reply: A Descriptive Definition of Palliative Sedation?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Broeckaert, Bert ^a   Claessens, Patricia ^a   Menten, Johan ^b   Schotsmans, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSCIOUSNESS; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 61349119479     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.10.003     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Rietjens J., van Delden H., Deliens L., and van der Heide A. Re: Palliative sedation: the need for a descriptive definition. J Pain Symptom Manage 37 3 (2009) e10-e11
2. Claessens P., Menten J., Schotsmans P., and Broeckaert B. Palliative sedation: a review of the research literature. J Pain Symptom Manage 36 (2008) 310-333
3. Broeckaert B. Palliative sedation defined or why and when sedation is not euthanasia. J Pain Symptom Manage 20 6 (2000) S58
4. Broeckaert B., et al. Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In: Walsh D., Caraceni A.T., and Fainsinger R. (Eds). Palliative medicine. 1st ed. (2008), Elsevier, New York 110-115
5. Broeckaert B. Treatment decisions at the end of life. A conceptual framework. In: Payne S., Seymour J., and Ingleton C. (Eds). Palliative care nursing. Principles and evidence for practice. 2nd ed. (2008), Open University Press, Berkshire, NY 402-421
6. Broeckaert B. Palliative sedation: ethical aspects. In: Gastmans C. (Ed). Between technology and humanity. The impact of technology on health care ethics. 1st ed. (2002), University Press, Leuven 239-255
7. Van Der Maas P.J., Van Delden J.J., Pijnenborg L., and Looman C.W. Euthanasia and other medical practices concerning the end of life. Lancet 338 (1991) 669-674
8. Rietjens J.A.C., van der Heide A., Vrakking A.M., et al. Physician reports of terminal sedation without hydration or nutrition for patients nearing death in the Netherlands. Ann Intern Med 141 (2004) 178-185