Attitudes of Quebec doctors toward sedation at the end of life: An exploratory study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 331-337

  Blondeau, Danielle ^a   Dumont, Serge ^a   Roy, Louis ^b   Martineau, Isabelle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Maison Michel Sarrazin   (Canada)

Author keywords

End of life; Ethical issues; Euthanasia; Existential suffering; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; COOPERATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERMINAL CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUEBEC; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 73449108830     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951509990265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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