General practitioners' report of continuous deep sedation until death for patients dying at home: A descriptive study from Belgium

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-13

  Anquinet, Livia ^a   Rietjens, Judith A C ^a   Van Den Block, Lieve ^a   Bossuyt, Nathalie ^b   Deliens, Luc ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Continuous deep sedation until death; decision making; end of life care; general practitioners; palliative sedation

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; OPIATE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS DEEP SEDATION UNTIL DEATH; DEEP SEDATION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYING; EUTHANASIA; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROGNOSIS; RELATIVE; RESTLESSNESS; TERMINAL CARE; WAKEFULNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; BENZODIAZEPINES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 79952023125     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2010.536529     Document Type: Article

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