Justifying different levels of palliative sedation: Response

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 333-

  Quill, Timothy E ^a   Brock, Daniel ^b   Lo, Bernard ^c   Meisel, Alan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AGITATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASPHYXIA; BLEEDING; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LETTER; LUNG FIBROSIS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEDATION; VENTILATOR;

EID: 77952556310     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-152-5-201003020-00017     Document Type: Letter

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