Category Archives: Palliative sedation

Current clinical practice guidelines on palliative sedative for adults: What are the ethical challenges of this practice?

Posted on November 17, 2021 by pallcare

Dr Martyna Tomczyk and Prof Ralf J Jox, researchers in the ethics of palliative care at the Institute of Humanities in Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland, with the invaluable help of Mrs Cécile Jaques, a medical librarian at the … Continue reading →

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Reflections on palliative sedation in clinical practice: A live webinar

Posted on May 25, 2021 by pallcare

As part of the European Union-funded Horizon2020 Palliative Sedation project, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) will present a FREE 60-minute webinar on Thursday 3rd June 2021 (14.00 CET). Members of the consortium, Jeroen Hasselaar, Julie Ling and Sheila … Continue reading →

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Clinical Aspects of Palliative Sedation in Prospective Studies: A Systematic Review

Posted on January 20, 2021 by pallcare

What is the current practice regarding palliative sedation in palliative care? This is the main question that answers this systematic review of prospective studies. It is part of a Horizon2020 project, Palliative Sedation, in which different countries and centres across Europe … Continue reading →

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How to measure the effects and potential adverse events of palliative sedation? An integrative review

Posted on January 6, 2021 by pallcare

María Arantzamendi, Alazne Belar Beitia and Carlos Centeno, researchers from the Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, Universidad de Navarra (Spain), are members of the Palliative Sedation consortium. Here, they explain the background to a longer article published in ‘Palliative Medicine’ and available … Continue reading →

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Palliative sedation does not shorten survival in the last days of life in patients with advanced cancer: A propensity score-weighted analysis of a prospective cohort study

Posted on July 27, 2020 by pallcare

Only 71 days to #EAPC2020 … The 11th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care which, for the first time ever, will take place online with interactive online sessions 7 to 9 October 2020 and on-demand content … Continue reading →

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