National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Position Statement and Commentary on the Use of Palliative Sedation in Imminently Dying Terminally Ill Patients

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 914-923

  Kirk, Timothy W ^a   Mahon, Margaret M ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

decision making; ethics; hospice care; intractable pain; medical ethics; palliative care; Palliative sedation; position statement; practice guideline; terminal care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DEATH; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; SEDATION; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANESTHETICS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 77952104190     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.01.009     Document Type: Article

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