No Negative Impact of Palliative Sedation on Relatives’ Experience of the Dying Phase and Their Wellbeing after the Patient’s Death: An Observational Study

• S. M. Bruinsma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: S. M. Bruinsma, A. van der Heide, J. A. C. Rietjens

  * E-mail: s.m.bruinsma@erasmusmc.nl

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• A. van der Heide ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: S. M. Bruinsma, A. van der Heide, J. A. C. Rietjens

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• M. L. van der Lee ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Helen Dowling Institute, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

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• Y. Vergouwe ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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• J. A. C. Rietjens

  Contributed equally to this work with: S. M. Bruinsma, A. van der Heide, J. A. C. Rietjens

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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