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The perspectives of clinical staff and bereaved informal care-givers on the use of continuous sedation until death for cancer patients: The study protocol of the UNBIASED study

BACKGROUND: A significant minority of dying people experience refractory symptoms or extreme distress unresponsive to conventional therapies. In such circumstances, sedation may be used to decrease or remove consciousness until death occurs. This practice is described in a variety of ways, including...

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Autores principales: Seymour, Jane, Rietjens, Judith, Brown, Jayne, van der Heide, Agnes, Sterckx, Sigrid, Deliens, Luc
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056823/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21375747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-10-5