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British laypeople’s attitudes towards gradual sedation, sedation to unconsciousness and euthanasia at the end of life

BACKGROUND: Many patients at the end of life require analgesia to relieve pain. Additionally, up to 1/5 of patients in the UK receive sedation for refractory symptoms at the end of life. The use of sedation in end-of-life care (EOLC) remains controversial. While gradual sedation to alleviate intract...

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Autores principales: Takla, Antony, Savulescu, Julian, Kappes, Andreas, Wilkinson, Dominic J. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7997648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33770083
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247193