Continuous deep sedation in patients nearing death.
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Continuous deep sedation for patients nearing death in the Netherlands: descriptive study.
OBJECTIVES To study the practice of continuous deep sedation in 2005 in the Netherlands and compare it with findings from 2001. DESIGN Questionnaire study about random samples of deaths reported to a central death registry in 2005 and 2001. SETTING Nationwide physician study in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Reporting physicians received a questionnaire about the medical decisions that pre...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 336 7648 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008