[Clinical and practical aspects of palliative sedation].
Patients at the end-of-life may present with refractory symptoms which cannot be adequately relieved despite the use of all traditional means. When refractory symptoms lead to intolerable suffering, palliative sedation is a last recourse temporary or definitive treatment. While discussing ethical issues, clinical practice dimensions of palliative sedation are explored in this article.
Moynier-Vantieghem
Karine
K
Service de médecine palliative, Département de réhabilitation et gériatrie II, ch. de la Savonnière 1245 Collonge-Bellerive, CHUV, Lausanne. karine.moynier@hcuge.ch
Beauverd
Michel
M
D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage; D007258:Informed Consent; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives