Terminal Suffering and the Ethics of Palliative Sedation

Until quite recently bioethicists have had little of depth and probity to say about the duty of healthcare professionals in general and physicians in particular to relieve pain and suffering associated with disease and/or its treatment.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics 2012-01, Vol.21 (1), p.30-39
1. Verfasser:	RICH, BEN A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	American Medical Association Bioethics Choice Behavior - ethics Conscious Sedation - ethics Deep Sedation - ethics Diseases Doctors Ethics Goals Health policy Health professionals Humans Medical personnel Pain Pain Management - ethics Palliative care Palliative Care - ethics Personhood Physicians Sedation Social Values Stress, Psychological - prevention & control Stress, Psychological - therapy Suffering Terminal Care - ethics Terminal illnesses Terminally Ill - psychology United States
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Zusammenfassung:	Until quite recently bioethicists have had little of depth and probity to say about the duty of healthcare professionals in general and physicians in particular to relieve pain and suffering associated with disease and/or its treatment.
ISSN:	0963-1801 1469-2147
DOI:	10.1017/S0963180111000478