Approaches to suffering at the end of life: The use of sedation in the USA and Netherlands

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 235-240

  Rietjens, Judith A C ^a,b   Voorhees, Jennifer R ^a,c,d   van der Heide, Agnes ^a   Drickamer, Margaret A ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; BEHAVIOR; CARE OF THE DYING PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEEP SEDATION; ELDERLY AND TERMINALLY ILL; ETHICS; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CARE OF THE DYING PATIENT; ELDERLY AND TERMINALLY ILL;

COMMUNICATION; DEEP SEDATION; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NARRATION; NETHERLANDS; PAIN; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896543913     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100561     Document Type: Article

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