Palliative sedation until death: An approach from Kant's ethics of virtue

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 387-396

  Hasselaar, Jeroen G J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endof life care; Ethics; Kant; Palliative sedation; Terminal sedation; Virtue

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DEATH; DEEP SEDATION; HUMANS; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PALLIATIVE CARE; TERMINAL CARE; VIRTUES;

EID: 59649087838     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-008-9088-7     Document Type: Article

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