Continuous deep sedation: Dutch research reflects problems with the Liverpool care pathway

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Adrian J Treloar. BMJ. 2008.

. 2008 Apr 26;336(7650):905.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.39556.400370.80.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Continuous deep sedation: Good care at the end of life, not hastening death.
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Continuous deep sedation for patients nearing death in the Netherlands: descriptive study.
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Continuous deep sedation in patients nearing death.
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1. Murray SA, Boyd K, Byock I. Continuous deep sedation in patients nearing death. BMJ 2008;336:781-2. (12 April.) - PMC - PubMed