In practice terminal sedation is invoked to solve the problem of family impotence in the face of the intractable suffering of a dying loved one and caregiver impotence in the face of escalating pain when the Quality of Life scores are low and time continues to pass. It is invoked to solve the problem of dying in a death-phobic culture by limiting what dying asks of the dying person. It is the death-phobic culture’s solution to itself for dying people, meaning that it leaves unchallenged those things driving dying people to suicide while claiming to solve the problems that arise from extended
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