Sedation near the end of life: a plea for combined theoretical-empirical analysis
- In this paper, we argue that many questions currently discussed with regards to good practice of palliative sedation therapy are in need of combined theoretical and empirical analysis. To substantiate our claim, we firstly define three areas of practice in which clinical as well as normative challenges occur and give examples for such challenges. In a next step and using the example of “suffering” as basis for decisionmaking about sedation we demonstrate how theoretical analysis can inform current controversies about the practice of sedation. We conclude with a first suggestion on how a combination of empirical and theoretical research may contribute to sound guidance on good practice of sedation near the end of life.
| Author: | Eva SchildmannORCiDGND, Jan Schildmann, Claudia Bozzaro |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:384-opus4-1085378 |
| Frontdoor URL | https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/108537 |
| ISSN: | 1662-601XOPAC |
| Parent Title (English): | Bioethica Forum |
| Publisher: | Schwabe |
| Place of publication: | Basel |
| Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universität Augsburg |
| Release Date: | 2023/10/26 |
| Tag: | General Medicine |
| Volume: | 11 |
| First Page: | 87 |
| Last Page: | 90 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.24894/bf.2018.11022 |
| Institutes: | Medizinische Fakultät |
| Medizinische Fakultät / Universitätsklinikum | |
| Medizinische Fakultät / Lehrstuhl für Palliativmedizin | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit |
| Licence (German): |  CC-BY-SA 4.0: Creative Commons: Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen |
