- ►annals.org [PDF] JAC Rietjens, A van der Heide, AM Vrakking, … - Annals of internal medicine, 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 reports of frequency of terminal se- dation ( ... Cited by 80 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
HC Muller-Busch, I Andres, T Jehser - BMC Palliative Care, 2003 - biomedcentral.com 14.6% (n = 80) of the patients in palliative care had sedation given by the
intravenous route in the last 48 hrs of their life according to internal
guidelines. The annual frequency to apply sedation increased continuously ... Cited by 67 - Related articles - Cached - All 12 versions
- ►nvve.nl [PDF] JAC Rietjens, JJM van Delden, A van der … - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2006 - Am Med Assoc Methods Personal interviews were held with a nationwide stratified sample of 410
physicians (response rate, 85%) about the most recent cases in which they used
terminal sedation, defined as administering drugs to keep the patient ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
- ►saveva.com [PDF] BD Onwuteaka-Philipsen, A van der Heide, D … - The Lancet, 2003 - Elsevier Empirical data on the rate of euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and other
end-of-life decisions have greatly contributed to the debate about the role of
such practices in modern health care. In the Netherlands, the continuing ... Cited by 151 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►uab.edu [PDF] N Sykes, A Thorns - Archives of Internal Medicine, 2003 - archinte.highwire.org Methods Case note review was performed of 237 consecutive patients who died in a
specialist palliative care unit. Sedative dose changes during the last week of
life were noted and survival from admission was compared between groups of ... Cited by 102 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►eutanasia.ws [PDF] G Miccinesi, JAC Rietjens, L Deliens, E Paci, … - Journal of pain and symptom management, 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, ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 5 versions
TY Chiu, WY Hu, BH Lue, SY Cheng, CY … - Journal of pain and symptom management, 2001 - Elsevier This study assessed sedation in terminal cancer patients in terms of three
characteristics: frequency; relationship to intractable symptoms; and the extent
to which medical staff, family, and patients found sedation to be ethically ... Cited by 72 - Related articles - All 3 versions
HC Müller-busch, FS Oduncu, S Woskanjan, E … - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2005 - Springer Abstract. Background: Due to recent legislations on euthanasia and its current
practice in the Netherlands and Belgium, issues of end-of-life medicine have
become very vital in many European countries. In 2002, the Ethics Working ... Cited by 30 - Related articles - All 4 versions
N Sykes, A Thorns - Lancet Oncology, 2003 - Elsevier Opioids and sedative drugs are commonly used to control symptoms in patients
with advanced cancer. However, it is often assumed that the use of these drugs
inevitably results in shortening of life. Ethically, this outcome is ... Cited by 116 - Related articles - All 8 versions
TC Braun, NA Hagen, T Clark - Journal of Palliative Medicine, 2003 - liebertonline.com Palliative sedation is an effective symptom control strategy for patients who
suffer from in- tractable symptoms at the end of life. Evidence suggests that
the use of this practice varies considerably. In order to minimize ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
