Terminal suffering and the ethics of palliative sedation

Ben A. Rich

doi:10.1017/S0963180111000478

Terminal suffering and the ethics of palliative sedation

Ben A. Rich

General Medicine, Geriatrics, and Bioethics

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	30-39
Number of pages	10
Journal	Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
Volume	21
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180111000478
State	Published - Jan 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health Policy
Health(social science)
Issues, ethics and legal aspects

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