National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Position Statement and Commentary on the Use of Palliative Sedation in Imminently Dying Terminally Ill Patients

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
2730417	Journal of Pain and Symptom Management	2010	10 Pages	PDF

Keywords

palliative sedation Medical ethics Position statement Decision making Intractable pain Practice guideline Ethics Terminal care Hospice care Palliative care

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National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) Position Statement and Commentary on the Use of Palliative Sedation in Imminently Dying Terminally Ill Patients

Authors

Timothy W. PhD, Margaret M. PhD, RN, FAAN, Palliative Sedation Task Force of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Ethics Committee Palliative Sedation Task Force of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Ethics Committee,