Considerations of physicians about the depth of palliative sedation at the end of life

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Swart, Siebe J ^a,b   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^a   Van Zuylen, Lia ^a   Perez, Roberto S G M ^c,d,e   Zuurmond, Wouter W A ^c   Van Der Maas, Paul J ^a   Van Delden, Johannes J M ^f   Rietjens, Judith A C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Laurens Antonius IJsselmonde   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Hospice Kuria   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEEP SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84859849878     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.110847     Document Type: Article

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