Terminal sedation: an emotional decision in end-of-life care
A patient with end-stage motor neurone disease was admitted for hospice care with worsening bulbar symptoms. Although he initially walked onto the ward he became very distressed and asked for sedation. After much discussion, this man was deeply sedated, and after some harrowing days, died. Was it ri...
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BMJ Publ.
2012
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 38, Issue: 8, Pages: 508-509 |
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