Open AccessSedative Use in the Last Week of Life and the Implications for End-of-Life Decision Making
Author(s) -
Nigel Sykes,
Andrew Thorns
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.163.3.341
Subject(s) - sedative , sedation , medicine , principle of double effect , anesthesia , doctrine , law , political science
The use of sedation at the end of life has aroused ethical controversy, attracting accusations of hastening death by gradually increasing sedative doses. The doctrine of double effect has been introduced as an ethical defense. This study aimed to determine how sedative doses change at the end of life and how often the doctrine of double effect might be relevant.
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