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- Title
Continuous palliative sedation: not only a response to physical suffering.
- Authors
Swart, Siebe J; van der Heide, Agnes; van Zuylen, Lia; Perez, Roberto S G M; Zuurmond, Wouter W A; van der Maas, Paul J; van Delden, Johannes J M; Rietjens, Judith A C
- Abstract
Palliative sedation is a medical intervention aimed at relieving symptoms that can no longer be controlled by conventional treatment. Ample knowledge is available regarding the nature of such symptoms, but there is no in-depth information regarding how health care workers decide about palliative sedation.
- Publication
Journal of palliative medicine, 2014, Vol 17, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1557-7740
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1089/jpm.2013.0121