Consultation with specialist palliative care services in palliative sedation: Considerations of Dutch physicians

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-231

  Koper, Ian ^a,e   Van Der Heide, Agnes ^b   Janssens, Rien ^c   Swart, Siebe ^b   Perez, Roberto ^c,d   Rietjens, Judith ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Hospice Kuria   (Netherlands)

^e Ierlandstraat 179 2034LN ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consultation; Palliative sedation; Qualitative; Specialist palliative care services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSIBILITY; SEDATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 84890558624     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-1972-7     Document Type: Article

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