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  • Medical Ethics
  • Clinical Practice

Background:

  • The article responds to Thomas David Riisfeldt's paper on ethical distinctions.
  • Riisfeldt's paper posits a common ground between euthanasia, palliative opioid use, and palliative sedation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To refute Riisfeldt's argument that suffering relief is a shared characteristic of euthanasia and palliative sedation.
  • To demonstrate conceptual and empirical errors in Riisfeldt's premise.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of ethical distinctions in end-of-life care.
  • Critique of Riisfeldt's claims regarding euthanasia and palliative sedation.

Main Results:

  • Riisfeldt's argument that suffering relief is common to euthanasia and palliative sedation is unfounded.
  • Suffering relief is not a defining characteristic of euthanasia, either definitionally or clinically.

Conclusions:

  • Riisfeldt's premise is conceptually and empirically flawed.
  • The ethical distinction between euthanasia and palliative sedation is not weakened by the argument presented.