title: Sedation, the doctrine of double effect and the end of life.
authors.affiliation: Palliative Medicine, Pilgrims Medicine, Pilgrims Hospice, East Kent NHS Trust, Margate, Kent.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thorns
mesh_terms: D001293:Attitude to Death; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010148:Intractable Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010819:Physician's Role; D006113:United Kingdom