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Palliative sedation (PS) given to patients treated at the Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá.

2017; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.51643/22562915.241

ISSN

2256-2877

Autores

Milton Alberto Lombana Quiñónez, Juan Guillermo Santacruz, Luís Pino, María Isabel Camacho, Andrés Acevedo, María J. Buendía, Ivonne Zamora, Ana María Torres, Catalina Méndez, Andrés F. Cardona,

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Ethics in medical practice

Resumo

Background. Around 50% of advanced-stage cancer patients have inadequate control of symptoms during the final period of life; palliative sedation (PS) would seem to be appropriate in such scenario.

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