Awareness and dying

The number of people who die while sedated is increasing, in part due to a currently widespread conviction that dying brings about paucity of meaning and is seen as an intolerable situation for the person affected. Palliative care tends to affirm this attitude towards dying and denying when it uses...

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Authors: Wirth, Mathias 1984- (Author) ; Hurwitz, Brian (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2016]
In: Ethical perspectives
Year: 2016, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-326
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Palliative medicine / Dying / Awareness / Sedation / Ethics
IxTheo Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
Online Access: Volltext (doi)