Informed consent and sedation

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ABSTRACT

The concept of autonomy was not included in theHippocratic Oath. Nowadays the principle of respectfor autonomy is an important right. The basicparadigm of autonomy in health-care, politics andother contexts is expressed as informed consent. Inthe palliative-care setting, there can be some difficultiesin getting informed consent, especially at theend-of-life stage. Can it be good for the patient, always?Could there be some exceptions? At the timeof agonising pain, getting informed consent couldbecome an additional burden for the patient. Thispresent article attempts to shed light on this issue.In our experience, it is not necessary to obtain writtenconsent for a patient who has already expressedhis priorities in advance. We believe that this is agood stance for patients as well as doctors