TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Palliative sedation: Controversies and challenges
JO  - Progress in palliative care
A1  - Rainone, F.
SP  - 153
EP  - 162
VL  - 23
IS  - 3
N2  - Palliative sedation (PS) is used increasingly commonly for symptom management in terminally ill patients in the Western world. The main controversies involving PS are whether it is the same as euthanasia, whether the practice supports patient autonomy, whether sufficient safeguards are or could be in place to prevent its abuse and what its spread may mean for the future of palliative care. While other reviews consider them separately, here the legal, scientific, ethical, and pragmatic challenges to the practice are examined together to provide a broad context in which to assess the current state of the practice. © W. S. Maney & Son Ltd 2015.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0969-9260
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1743291X15Y.0000000004
ID  - ref1
ER  -