Palliative sedation: more data and fewer opinions

Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jan;17(1):15-7. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00532-X. Epub 2015 Nov 25.

Author

Augusto Caraceni¹

Affiliation

¹ Palliative Care, Pain Therapy, and Rehabiltation, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan 20133, Italy; European Palliative Care Research Center, Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. Electronic address: augusto.caraceni@istitutotumori.mi.it.

PMID: 26610853
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00532-X

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MeSH terms

Deep Sedation*
Female
Humans
Male
Neoplasms / mortality*
Neoplasms / therapy*
Palliative Care / methods*
Terminal Care / methods*