Citation

Crenshaw J. J. Hosp. Palliat. Nurs. 2009; 11(2): 101-106.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/NJH.0b013e31819984e9

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Healthcare provides many ethical dilemmas and challenges for nurses attempting to individualize care for patients. One area of healthcare that has become a source of ethical controversy is the use of palliative sedation. The practice of palliative sedation is considered to be slow euthanasia or is compared to physician-assisted suicide by some healthcare professionals. While sedation was approved as a method to provide relief for dying patients experiencing refractory symptoms by the Supreme Court in 1997, its use continues to be a source of ethical distress among nurses.

Language: en