Sedation at the End-of-life: An Interdisciplinary Approach

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Taboada, Paulina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 116
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Public health.; Medical laws and legislation.; Public Health.; Medical Law.

The book’s main contribution is its interdisciplinary approach to the issue of sedation at the end-of-life. Because it occurs at the end of life, palliative sedation raises a number of important ethical and legal questions, including whether it is a covert form of euthanasia and for what purposes it...