Palliative sedation to relieve psycho-existential suffering of terminally ill cancer patients
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Palliative sedation of terminally ill patients.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Although there is extensive discussion on the subject in medical literature, most of the questions still unanswered due to the lack of clear definitions and guidelines, in addition to a large number of contradictions in literature. The aim of this review is to try to determine the best form of sedation for patients with cancer. CONTENT The following data on sedation ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0885-3924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2004.02.017