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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Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2008
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Bioethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 22, Issue: 7, Pages: 388-396 |
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End-of-life
B Intention B Qualitative Research B double effect B Terminal Care B hypnotics and sedatives B Euthanasia |
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