Consensus guidelines on analgesia and sedation in dying intensive care unit patients

Background Intensivists must provide enough analgesia and sedation to ensure dying patients receive good palliative care. However, if it is perceived that too much is given, they risk prosecution for committing euthanasia. The goal of this study is to develop consensus guidelines on analgesia and se...
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Autor*in:

Hawryluck, Laura A [verfasserIn]

Harvey, William RC

Lemieux-Charles, Louise

Singer, Peter A

Format:

E-Artikel

Sprache:

Englisch

Erschienen:

2002

Schlagwörter:

Palliation

Death

Sedation

Analgesia

Double effect

Terminal sedation

Euthanasia

Assisted suicide

Consensus guidelines

Intensive Care

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© Hawryluck et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2002. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose, provided this notice is preserved along with the article's original URL.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

Enthalten in: BMC medical ethics - London : BioMed Central, 2000, 3(2002), 1 vom: 12. Aug.

Übergeordnetes Werk:

volume:3 ; year:2002 ; number:1 ; day:12 ; month:08

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DOI / URN:

10.1186/1472-6939-3-3

Katalog-ID:

SPR028192443

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