Terminal Suffering and the Ethics of Palliative Sedation

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 21 (1):30-39 (2012)
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Until quite recently bioethicists have had little of depth and probity to say about the duty of healthcare professionals in general and physicians in particular to relieve pain and suffering associated with disease and/or its treatment

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.John Locke - 1979 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 169 (2):221-222.
Recognizing Suffering.Eric J. Cassell - 1991 - Hastings Center Report 21 (3):24-24.

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