- ►almageriatria.org [PDF] L Ganzini, ER Goy, LL Miller, TA Harvath, A … - The New England …, 2003 - nejm.highwire.org From the Department of Veterans Affairs (LG, ERG, MAD); the Department of Psychiatry (LG,
ERG) and the School of Nursing (LLM, TAH), Oregon Health and Science University; and the
Oregon Hospice Association (AJ) — all in Port- land, Oreg. Address reprint requests to Dr. ... Cited by 104 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►annals.org [PDF] JAC Rietjens, A van der Heide, AM Vrakking … - Annals of internal …, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Participants: Nationwide stratified sample of 482 physicians; 410 responded and 211 of these
reported characteristics of their most recent terminal sedation case. Measurements: Physician
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- ►uab.edu [PDF] B Lo, G Rubenfeld - JAMA, 2005 - Am Med Assoc Despite skilled palliative care, some dying patients experience distressing symptoms that cannot
be adequately relieved. A patient with metastatic breast cancer, receiving high doses of opioids
administered to relieve pain, developed myoclonus. After other approaches proved ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
LM Cohen, MJ Germain, DM Poppel - JAMA, 2003 - Am Med Assoc Cessation of life-support treatment is an appropriate option for situations in which the burdens
of therapy substantially outweigh the benefits. Decisions to withdraw dialysis now precede 1
in 4 deaths of patients who have end-stage renal disease. Guidelines have been recently ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
AD Graeff, M Dean - Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2007 - liebertonline.com Purpose: Palliative sedation therapy (PST) is a controversial issue. There is a need for inter-
nationally accepted definitions and standards. Methods: A systematic review of the literature
was performed by an international panel of 29 palliative care experts. Draft papers were ... Cited by 50 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
T Morita - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2004 - Elsevier To clarify the prevalence and the characteristics of patients who received palliative sedation
therapy for psycho-existential suffering, a questionnaire was sent to 105 responsible physicians
at all certified palliative care units in Japan. The participants were requested to report the ... Cited by 35 - Related articles - All 13 versions
- ►eutanasia.ws [PDF] G Miccinesi, JAC Rietjens, L Deliens, E Paci, G … - Journal of pain and …, 2006 - Elsevier Continuous deep sedation (CDS) is sometimes used to treat refractory symptoms in terminally
ill patients. The aim of this paper was to estimate the frequency and characteristics of CDS in
six European countries: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, and ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 5 versions
T Morita, M Miyashita, R Kimura, I Adachi, Y … - Palliative medicine, 2004 - pmj.sagepub.com Mitsunori Miyashita Department of Adult Nursing/Terminal and Long-term Care Nursing, University
of Tokyo, Tokyo, Rieko Kimura Department of Adult Nursing/Terminal and Long-term Care
Nursing, University of Tokyo, ... Tokyo, Isamu Adachi Department of Palliative Medicine, ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►bmj.com LC Kaldjian, JF Jekel, JL Bernene, GE Rosenthal, … - British Medical …, 2004 - jme.bmj.com Objective: To describe the frequency of support for terminal sedation among internists, determine
whether support for terminal sedation is accompanied by support for physician assisted suicide
(PAS), and explore characteristics of internists who support terminal sedation but not ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
JR Gavrin - Critical care medicine, 2007 - journals.lww.com Intensive care units (ICUs) confront the healthcare system with end-of-life situations and ethical
dilemmas surrounding death. It is necessary for all providers who treat dying patients to have
a working knowledge of the philosophical principles that are fundamental to biomedical ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
