ArticleJournal of medical ethics2018
The 'French exception': the right to continuous deep sedation at the end of life.
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- General anaesthesia in end-of-life care: extending the indications for anaesthesia beyond surgery.Anaesthesia · 2021Review
- A qualitative study on continuous deep sedation until death as an alternative to assisted suicide in Switzerland.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Perception, Beliefs, and Attitudes Regarding Sedation Practices among Palliative Care Nurses and Physicians: A Qualitative Study.Palliative medicine reports · 2021Article
- Current controversies and irresolvable disagreement: the case of Vincent Lambert and the role of 'dissensus'.Journal of medical ethics · 2019Article
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Abstract
In 2016, a law came into force in France granting terminally ill patients the right to continuous deep sedation (CDS) until death. This right was proposed as an alternative to euthanasia and presented as the 'French response' to problems at the end of life. The law draws a distinction between CDS and euthanasia and other forms of sympton control at the end of life. France is the first country in the world to legislate on CDS . This short report describes the particular context and underlying social values that led to this piece of legislation, and explores its meaning in the wider French context.
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