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Deep continuous patient-requested sedation until death: a multicentric study.

Adrien SereyColombe TricouNicolas Phan-HoangMyriam LegenneÉlise Perceau-ChambardMarilène Filbet
Published in: BMJ supportive & palliative care (2019)
This study highlights the low rate of request and the even lower rate of CDSUD in specialised palliative care. However, the sedation for psychoexistential distress and the lack of procedure records raise ethical questions.
Keyphrases
  • palliative care
  • minimally invasive
  • advanced cancer