Overview
- Provides an interdisciplinary approach to the issue of sedation at the end-of-life
- Raises the question of what existential suffering
- Opens up a broad spectrum of very profound questions connected to the “meaning of life” and the value of a “good death"
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 116)
Part of the book sub series: Catholic Studies in Bioethics (CSBE)
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Reviews
“This book is a very timely overview of PS that is increasingly being used in palliative care at the end of life. I would recommend it particularly to palliative care and hospice providers while all of us should become as familiar with this complex paradigm as possible.” (Thomas M. Pitre, The Linacre Quarterly, Vol. 85 (2), May, 2018)
“The purpose of this book is to analyze several clinical, ethical, and legal questions related to the use of sedation at the end of life, also termed palliative sedation (PS). ... If you work in palliative care and are interested in the ethics of end-of-life care and palliative sedation in particular, this book provides a lot of information and even more to think about.” (Roger Woodruf, IAHPCBook Reviews, hospicecare.com, Vol. 19 (1), January, 2018)
“The book is intended primarily for those working in palliative medicine and scholars interested in the topic. … This is a valuable contribution to the field of palliative medicine, addressing the difficult and poignant topic of end-of-life sedation. The editor has shown great care in gathering a diverse collection of essays addressing relevant ethical issues, thereby providing a much-needed, comprehensive analysis of end-of-life sedation.” (Kathrine Bendtsen, Doody's Book Reviews, April, 2015)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sedation at the End-of-life: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Editors: Paulina Taboada
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9106-9
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-9105-2Published: 03 November 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0732-7Published: 10 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-9106-9Published: 21 October 2014
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 175
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations
Topics: Ethics, Public Health, Medical Law