Does palliative sedation shorten the lives of patients?

Authors

  • Maria de la Luz Casas-Martínez Author Universidad Panamericana, México
  • Ignacio Mora-Magaña Author

Keywords:

Terminal patients, palliative sedation, refractory symptoms, euthanasia, quality of life

Abstract

Respect for human life is central to medicine. In terminal patients, refractory symptoms are a niche of palliative sedation. This paper identi es, based on scienti c evidence, the survival in patients who received palliative sedation as compared to those who didn’t. We conducted a search for systematic reviews from 2000 to 2016, which were methodologically analyzed, and the results were then compared. For methodological reasons, meta-analysis could not be performed. It is concluded that terminal palliative sedation does not shorten patients’ lives. The implementation of the principle of double effect related to the possible shortening of life was reformulated; the unwanted evil is the loss of consciousness. 

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Author Biography

Maria de la Luz Casas-Martínez, Universidad Panamericana, México

Profesor investigador, Coordinador de investigación, Centro Interdisciplinario de Bioética, Universidad Panamericana, México

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Published

2017-11-02

How to Cite

Casas-Martínez, M. de la L., & Mora-Magaña, I. (2017). Does palliative sedation shorten the lives of patients?. Persona Y Bioética, 21(2). Retrieved from https://personaybioetica.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/personaybioetica/article/view/7028

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 2 (2017)

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