The role of end-of-life palliative sedation: medical and ethical aspects – Review
Background and objective: Palliative sedation is a medical procedure that has been used for more than 25 years to relieve refractory symptoms not responsive to any previous treatment in patients with no possibility of cure and near the end of life. Many uncertainties persist on the theme regarding d...
Main Authors: | Miriam S. Menezes, Maria das Graças Mota da Cruz de Assis Figueiredo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001418301118 |
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