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Attitudes towards terminal sedation: an empirical survey among experts in the field of medical ethics

BACKGROUND: "Terminal sedation" regarded as the use of sedation in (pre-)terminal patients with treatment-refractory symptoms is controversially discussed not only within palliative medicine. While supporters consider terminal sedation as an indispensable palliative medical treatment optio...

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Autores principales: Simon, Alfred, Kar, Magdalene, Hinz, José, Beck, Dietmar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1855046/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17437628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-6-4