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Hospice...An Alternative To Euthanasia... Hospice has been relegated to the periphery of the debate regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia. While it is true that suffering can be controlled and that comprehensive palliative care represents an alternative to euthanasia, suffering among the terminally ill remains common. In its focus on long term goals hospice has unwittingly forfeited a position of public advocacy and must begin to model its convictions in the public arena as well as in clinical practice. The potential for growth at the end of life has gone unrecognised in this discussion. The fine line between sedation for the control of terminal symptoms and actions intended to end life deserves exploration. This effort is aided by examination of our collective values relative to dying and by recognition of the experience of grief before the moment of death. Life beyond the ability to respond in a meaningful way and the care it...

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