Palliative sedation in Dutch general practice from 2005 to 2011: A dynamic cohort study of trends and reasons

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 63, Issue 615, 2013, Pages

  Donker, Gé A ^a,b   Slotman, Frank G ^c   Spreeuwenberg, Peter ^b   Francke, Anneke L ^b,c  

^a Sentinel Practices NIVEL Primary Care Database   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deep sedation; Epidemiology; General practice; Intractable pain; Palliative care; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP SEDATION; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DYING; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; EUTHANASIA; EXHAUSTION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NAUSEA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSE; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION DENSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATION; SPEECH DISORDER; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EUTHANASIA, ACTIVE, VOLUNTARY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT;

EID: 84884967355     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp13X673676     Document Type: Article

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