Physicians' experiences and perspectives regarding the use of continuous sedation until death for cancer patients in the context of psychological and existential suffering at the end of life

OBJECTIVE: The use of continuous sedation until death for terminally ill cancer patients with unbearable and untreatable psychological and existential suffering remains controversial, and little in-depth insight exists into the circumstances in which physicians resort to it. METHODS: Our study was c...

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Autores principales: Anquinet, Livia, Rietjens, J, van der Heide, A, Bruinsma, Sophie, Janssens, Rien, Deliens, Luc, Addington-Hall, Julia, Smithson, W Henry, Seymour, Jane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BlackWell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4282582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24307235
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.3450

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