title: [Palliative sedation - because it's what the patient wants? Pronouncement of Disciplinary Court cause of great confusion].
abstract: The Medical Disciplinary Court of The Hague recently imposed an official warning on two physicians who did not yield to the pressure exerted by a 102-year-old patient and her family to start palliative sedation. This decision not only restricts the directing role of physicians with respect to the end-of-life phase, but is also inconsistent with the guideline from the Royal Dutch Medical Association (KNMG) on palliative sedation.
authors.affiliation: Universiteit Leiden, Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid, departement Publiekrecht, Leiden.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Keizer
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009426:Netherlands; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics* / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013727:Terminal Care