Palliative sedation in terminal cancer patients admitted to hospice or home care programs: does the setting matter? Results from a national multicenter observational study

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 2018 56(1)  p33-43
Caraceni, Augusto; Speranza, Raffaella; Spoldi, Elio et al

The aim of this study was to compare palliative sedation rates in the hospice care and home care settings, patient clinical characteristics before and during palliative sedation, the decision-making process and clinical aspects of palliative sedation.