TY - BOOK AU - Taboada,Paulina TI - Sedation at the End-of-life: An Interdisciplinary Approach SN - 9789401791069 PY - 2015/// CY - Dordrecht PB - Springer Netherlands KW - Philosophy KW - Ethics KW - Public health KW - Medical laws and legislation N1 - 1.Chapter: Sedation at the end of life. Clinical settings, trends and current debate; Paulina Taboada -- 2 Chapter: Palliative Sedation and the Goals of Care at the End of Life; William Sullivan -- 3 Chapter: Clinical Aspects of Palliative Sedation for Refractory Symptoms; Paul Walker --  4. Chapter: The use of palliative sedation to treat existential suffering:  a reconsideration; Aron Portnoy, Punam Rana, Camilla Zimmermann & Gary Rodin -- 5. Chapter: The Relevance of Double Effect to Decisions about Sedation at the End of Life; Joseph Boyle -- 6. Chapter: The field of application of the principle f double effect and the problem of palliative sedation; Alejandro Miranda -- 7. Chapter: The 'sanctity of life', 'best interests' and 'autonomy': An ethical and legal clarification; John Keown -- 8. Chapter: Palliative Sedation. Some juridical preventions for the Chilean case; Ángela Vivanco -- 9. Chapter: Clinical guidelines for the use of Palliative Sedation: moving from contention to consensus; Blair Henry -- 10. Chapter: The case against clinical guidelines for Palliative Sedation; John Scott. 11. Chapter:  Ethical analysis of selected clinical cases; Paulina Taboada -- Epilogue; Paulina Taboada -- Index UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9106-9 ER -