TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 86. End-of-Life Ethics A1 - Lowenstein, Edward A2 - Warfield, Carol A. A2 - Bajwa, Zahid H. Y1 - 2004 N1 - T2 - Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e AB - Why is a chapter on end-of-life ethics included in a textbook of pain treatment? After all, this topic was not included in the previous edition. There are at least two major reasons: first, pain is common at end of life; second, many have contended that most suffering at end of life is due to pain, and that most requests for assistance in dying or hastening death would disappear if adequate pain relief were provided. Both these reasons raise many ethical issues. The emerging field of biomedical ethics is influencing the approach to pain treatment and to dying. This brief essay will be confined to familiarizing the reader with specific, limited ethical aspects regarding the present status of pain treatment and some ethical considerations having an impact on end-of-life care. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3423267 ER -