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- Paolo Cattorini.
- Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Varese, Italy.
- Med Secoli. 2008 Jan 1; 20 (1): 241-50.
AbstractThe palliative sedation therapy keeps the patient unconscious until death, to prevent unbearable, intractable symptoms. It is not a form of euthanasia (even from a Catholic point of view) but a morally licit way of assisting dying patients. The author examines the principle of double effect and the elements of informed consent (and advance directives) from a narrative ethical perspective.
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