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A particularly controversial issue has been whether some dying patients experience a form of intractable suffering not characterised by physical symptoms that can reasonably be described as 'existential' in nature, and therefore not an acceptable indication for palliative sedation. This is the position recently taken by the American Medical Association. In this essay, we argue that this attitude reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of human suffering, particularly at the end of life, and may deprive some dying patients of effective means of relief from their intractable terminal suffering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansatt.hig.no\/bjoernh\/Artikler\/Ethics%20of%20palliative%20surgery%20PROOF%20bjs5104.pdf\">http:\/\/www.ansatt.hig.no\/bjoernh\/Artikler\/Ethics%20of%20palliative%20surgery%20PROOF<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansatt.hig.no\/bjoernh\/Artikler\/Ethics%20of%20palliative%20surgery%20PROOF%20bjs5104.pdf\">%20bjs5104.pdf<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sedacja paliatywna (sedacja powoduj\u0105ca utrat\u0119 przytomno\u015bci) jako opcja ostateczno\u015bci w przypadku trudnych do opanowania cierpie\u0144 zwi\u0105zanych z ko\u0144cem \u017cycia by\u0142a przedmiotem tocz\u0105cej si\u0119 dyskusji i debaty, a tak\u017ce formu\u0142owania polityki. 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