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| Title |
Towards a standardised approach for evaluating guidelines and guidance documents on palliative sedation: study protocol
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| Published in |
BMC Palliative Care, July 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-684x-13-34 |
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| Authors |
Ebun Abarshi, Judith Rietjens, Augusto Caraceni, Sheila Payne, Luc Deliens, Lieve Van Den Block |
| Abstract |
Sedation in palliative care has received growing attention in recent years; and so have guidelines, position statements, and related literature that provide recommendations for its practice. Yet little is known collectively about the content, scope and methodological quality of these materials. According to research, there are large variations in palliative sedation practice, depending on the definition and methodology used. However, a standardised approach to comparing and contrasting related documents, across countries, associations and governmental bodies is lacking. This paper reports on a protocol designed to enable thorough and systematic comparison of guidelines and guidance documents on palliative sedation. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 50 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 49 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 10 | 20% |
| Researcher | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 18% |
| Unknown | 10 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 25 | 50% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 16% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 10 | 20% |