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ArticleWiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946)2015

Walking the line. Palliative sedation for existential distress: still a controversial issue?

Sophie Schur, Lukas Radbruch, Eva K Masel, Dietmar Weixler, Herbert H Watzke

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Article in Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sophie SchurClinical Division of Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria. sophie.schur@meduniwien.ac.at.
Lukas RadbruchDepartment of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Austria.
Eva K MaselClinical Division of Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Dietmar WeixlerPalliative Care Consult Team, Hospital Horn-Allentsteig, Spitalgasse 10, 3580, Horn, Austria.
Herbert H WatzkeClinical Division of Palliative Care, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adequate symptom relief is a central aspect of medical care of all patients especially in those with an incurable disease. However, as an illness progresses and the end of life approaches, physical or psychoexistential symptoms may remain uncontrollable requiring palliative sedation. Although palliative sedation has become an increasingly implemented practice in the care of terminally ill patients, sedation in the management of refractory psychological symptoms and existential distress is still a controversial issue and much debated. This case report presents a patient who received palliative sedation for the treatment of existential distress and discusses considerations that may arise from such a therapeutic approach.

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MidazolamAgedAttitude to DeathCarcinoma, Squamous CellCombined Modality TherapyCost of IllnessDisease ProgressionExistentialismHumansMaleMotivationMouth NeoplasmsPalliative CareProcedural SedationTerminal CareMidazolamExistential distressMedical oncologyPalliative sedation

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