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Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2006; 131(48): 2733-2736
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-956299
Konsensus | Review article
Palliativmedizin
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Empfehlungen zur palliativen Sedierung

Arbeitsergebnisse einer internationalen Expertengruppe[*] Definitions and recommendations for palliative sedationResults of an international working group of palliative care expertsH. C. Müller-Busch1 , L. Radbruch 2 , F. Strasser 3 , R. Voltz 4
  • 1Abt. f. Anästhesiologie, Palliativmedizin und Schmerztherapie am Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe, Berlin
  • 2Klinik für Palliativmedizin, Universitätsklinikum RWTH Aachen, Aachen
  • 3Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Fachbereich Onkologie, Dep. Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Schweiz
  • 4Klinik und Poliklinik für Palliativmedizin am Klinik der Universität Köln, Köln
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eingereicht: 18.9.2006

akzeptiert: 9.11.2006

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22 November 2006 (online)

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Schlüsselwörter

Palliativmedizin - palliative Sedierung - Leitlinien - Experten - Konsensus - Ethik

Key words

palliative medicine - palliative sedation - guidelines - consensus - ethics

1 *Anmerkung: Die Expertengruppe bestand (in Ergänzung zu den Autoren dieses Artikels) aus folgenden Personen: M. Benamou (Unité de Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Joffre-Dupuytren, Draveil, France), M. van den Beuken-van Everdingen (Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands), D. Bridge (Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia), D. Cameron (Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa), N. Cherny (Department of Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel), M. Dean (Palliative Care Department, Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ) J. Eisenchlas (Palliative Care Service, Pallium Latinoamerica and Hospital Bonorino Udaondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina), H. Goldman-Pike (Fernlea House Day Hospice, Melbourne, Australia), A. de Graeff (Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherland), K. E. Groves (West Lancs, Southport & Formby Palliative Care Services, United Kingdom), F. van Heest (Odoornerveen, The Netherlands), K. L. Lum (Cranford Hospice, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand), J. Menten (University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium), C. Miller (New Zealand), T. Morita (Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan), C. Pakarinen (Finland), T.E. Quinn (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA), C. Regnard (St. Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle, United Kingdom), P. Rousseau (VA Medical Center and RTA Hospice, Phoenix, Arizona, United States), Y. Singer (Negev Palliative Care Unit, Israel), A. Thorns (Pilgrims Hospices, East Kent NHS Trust, University of Kent, Margate, Kent, United Kingdom), R. Tsuneto (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan), R. Wade (West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, United Kingdom), M. van de Watering (Hospice Bardo, Haarlem, The Netherlands), A. Wilcock (Hayward House Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Cancer Unit, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom).

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1 *Anmerkung: Die Expertengruppe bestand (in Ergänzung zu den Autoren dieses Artikels) aus folgenden Personen: M. Benamou (Unité de Soins Palliatifs, Hôpital Joffre-Dupuytren, Draveil, France), M. van den Beuken-van Everdingen (Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands), D. Bridge (Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Australia), D. Cameron (Department of Family Medicine, University of Pretoria, South Africa), N. Cherny (Department of Medical Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel), M. Dean (Palliative Care Department, Western Memorial Regional Hospital, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada ) J. Eisenchlas (Palliative Care Service, Pallium Latinoamerica and Hospital Bonorino Udaondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina), H. Goldman-Pike (Fernlea House Day Hospice, Melbourne, Australia), A. de Graeff (Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherland), K. E. Groves (West Lancs, Southport & Formby Palliative Care Services, United Kingdom), F. van Heest (Odoornerveen, The Netherlands), K. L. Lum (Cranford Hospice, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand), J. Menten (University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium), C. Miller (New Zealand), T. Morita (Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Hospice, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan), C. Pakarinen (Finland), T.E. Quinn (Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA), C. Regnard (St. Oswald’s Hospice, Newcastle, United Kingdom), P. Rousseau (VA Medical Center and RTA Hospice, Phoenix, Arizona, United States), Y. Singer (Negev Palliative Care Unit, Israel), A. Thorns (Pilgrims Hospices, East Kent NHS Trust, University of Kent, Margate, Kent, United Kingdom), R. Tsuneto (Osaka University, Osaka, Japan), R. Wade (West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk, United Kingdom), M. van de Watering (Hospice Bardo, Haarlem, The Netherlands), A. Wilcock (Hayward House Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Cancer Unit, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom).

Prof. Dr. med. H. Christof Müller-Busch

Abt. f. Anästhesiologie, Palliativmedizin und Schmerztherapie am Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe

Kladower Damm 221

14089 Berlin

Phone: +49/30/36501160

Fax: +49/30/36501161

Email: muebu@havelhoehe.de

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