Terminal sedation and the “imminence condition”

“Terminal sedation” refers to the use of sedation as palliation in dying patients with a terminal diagnosis. Although terminal sedation has received widespread legal and ethical justification, the practice remains ethically contentious, particularly as some hold that it foreseeably hastens death. It...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of medical ethics 2008-02, Vol.34 (2), p.69-72
1. Verfasser: Cellarius, V
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