MANAGING INTENTIONS: THE END-OF-LIFE ADMINISTRATION OF ANALGESICS AND SEDATIVES, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SLOW EUTHANASIA

There has been much debate regarding the ‘double-effect’ of sedatives and analgesics administered at the end-of-life, and the possibility that health professionals using these drugs are performing ‘slow euthanasia.’ On the one hand analgesics and sedatives can do much to relieve suffering in the ter...

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Authors: Douglas, Charles (Author) ; Kerridge, Ian (Author) ; Ankeny, Rachel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
In: Bioethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 7, Pages: 388-396
Further subjects:B End-of-life
B Intention
B Qualitative Research
B double effect
B Terminal Care
B hypnotics and sedatives
B Euthanasia
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