An Observational Study on a Protocol for Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Measures on Two Non-Academic Intensive Care Units in The Netherlands: Few Signs of Distress, No Suffering?

摘要

ContextBecause anticipation of death is common within the intensive care unit, attention must be paid to the prevention of distressing signs and symptoms, enabling the patient to die peacefully. In the relevant studies on this subject, there has been a la