@article{ref1,
title="Palliative sedation for existential pain: An ethical analysis",
journal="Journal of hospice and palliative nursing",
year="2009",
author="Crenshaw, J.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="101-106",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1522-2179",
doi="10.1097/NJH.0b013e31819984e9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0b013e31819984e9"
}