[The palliative sedation therapy].
The palliative sedation therapy keeps the patient unconscious until death, to prevent unbearable, intractable symptoms. It is not a form of euthanasia (even from a Catholic point of view) but a morally licit way of assisting dying patients. The author examines the principle of double effect and the elements of informed consent (and advance directives) from a narrative ethical perspective.
Cattorini
Paolo
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Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy.
D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000941:ethics; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000941:ethics