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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...
Autores principales: | Takla, Antony, Savulescu, Julian, Kappes, Andreas, Wilkinson, Dominic J. C. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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