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Terminalna sedacja - między opieką paliatywną a eutanazją
(TERMINAL SEDATION – BETWEEN PALLIATIVE CARE AND MEDICAL ASSISTED DYING)
DOI: 10.18276/aie.2017.37-02
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| ISSN: | 1734-9923 |
| eISSN: | 2300-7621 |
| Authors: |
Bogna
Wach
Akademia im. Jakuba z Paradyża w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim |
| Keywords: | terminal sedation palliative care end of life end of suffering medical assisted death euthanasia |
| Issue / book publication date: | 2017 |
| Page range: | 17 (25-41) |
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Abstract
The aim of this article is a presentation of the problem of terminal sedation as
a special medical procedure, an alternative to euthanasia and physician assisted
death. Terminal sedation is consist in narcotizing the patient in the last stage of
terminal disease, sometimes with discontinued nutrition and hydration until death.
The goal of this procedure is to eliminate pain and suffering without causing death
of the patient. The opponents of this method claim that terminal sedation is a form
of euthanasia. The supporters see the difference because the intention of physician
must relieve unbearable suffering when the other procedures are useless. The terminal
sedation has to be last resort in palliative care and the decision making process must
be very careful. In case of applying this radical method the basis should be always
the informed consent of the patient and the respect for the dying person.
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