From sedation to continuous sedation until death: How has the conceptual basis of sedation in end-of-life care changed over time?

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 691-706

  Papavasiliou, Evangelia S ^a   Brearley, Sarah G ^a   Seymour, Jane E ^b   Brown, Jayne ^c   Payne, Sheila A ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

conceptual debate; definitions; end of life; evidence review; palliative care; Sedation; terminology

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ASTHMATIC STATE; CINAHL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CONTINUOUS SEDATION; DEEP SEDATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY; MEDLINE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PSYCINFO; SEDATION; SEMANTICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CONCEPTUAL DEBATE; DEFINITIONS; END OF LIFE; EVIDENCE REVIEW; PALLIATIVE CARE; SEDATION; TERMINOLOGY;

ANESTHESIA; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84886950830     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.11.008     Document Type: Review

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