doi: 10.1353/hcr.0.0255.
Rethinking guidelines for the use of palliative sedation
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Rethinking guidelines for the use of palliative sedation
Hastings Cent Rep.
2010 May-Jun.
Abstract
Current guidelines treat palliative sedation to unconsciousness as an effective medical treatment for terminally ill patients who need relief from severe symptoms, yet also restrict its use in ways that are extraordinary for medical treatments. A closer look at the kinds of cases in which palliative sedation is used suggests a way of adjusting the guidelines to resolve this seeming contradiction.
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To "sleep until death".Hastings Cent Rep. 2011 Jan-Feb;41(1):4; author reply 4-5. Hastings Cent Rep. 2011. PMID: 21329093 No abstract available.
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