'Early terminal sedation' is a distinct entity

Bioethics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-54

  Cellarius, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assisted suicide; Euthanasia; Palliative care; Palliative sedation; Terminal sedation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; DEEP SEDATION; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NOMENCLATURE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

DEEP SEDATION; EUTHANASIA; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 78650256283     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01747.x     Document Type: Article

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