• Journal of health law · Jan 2001

    Glucksberg, the putative right to adequate pain relief, and death with dignity.

    • N L Cantor.
    • Rutgers Law School, Newark, USA.
    • J Health Law. 2001 Jan 1; 34 (3): 301-33.

    AbstractThis Article focuses on the legality of the aggressive use of analgesics and deep sedation for terminally ill patients. The author analyzes the 1997 Supreme Court decisions on physician-assisted suicide, examines the tension between controversial palliative care practices and the traditional legal framework, and explores the contours of an emerging constitutional right to avoid suffering at the end of life. In addition, the author argues that deep sedation together with withholding of artificial nutrition and hydration should be an option for dying patients suffering from severe physical or emotional pain.

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