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Terminal Sedation
Torbjorn . Ed(S): Tannsjo
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Description for Terminal Sedation
Hardback. Discusses about the sedation of dying patients, with contributions from distinguished bioethicists, doctors and nurses with experience of terminal sedation, some, in favour of, and others in strong opposition to, voluntary euthanasia. This book contains strong defences by very competent thinkers of the most important and influential positions. Editor(s): Tannsjo, Torbjorn. Series: Developments in Hydrobiology. Num Pages: 148 pages, 148 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBDC; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
TERMINAL SEDATION DURING THE 1990s During the 1990s a discussion took place in scholarly journals concerning a measure within palliative care that had earlier attracted little attention, to wit, the sedation of dying patients. There seem to have been two main reasons why the practice came under debate. On the one hand, some people felt that, when palliative medicine had advanced and methods to control symptoms had improved, it was no longer justified to sedate the patients in a manner that had often been done in the past. The system of 1 terminal sedation had turned into ‘euthanasia in disguise’ ... Read more
TERMINAL SEDATION DURING THE 1990s During the 1990s a discussion took place in scholarly journals concerning a measure within palliative care that had earlier attracted little attention, to wit, the sedation of dying patients. There seem to have been two main reasons why the practice came under debate. On the one hand, some people felt that, when palliative medicine had advanced and methods to control symptoms had improved, it was no longer justified to sedate the patients in a manner that had often been done in the past. The system of 1 terminal sedation had turned into ‘euthanasia in disguise’ ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
Series
Developments in Hydrobiology
Number of Pages
148
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402021237
SKU
V9781402021237
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Ref
99-15
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