Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Review of the Literature and Description of a Clinical Case)

Euthanasia and Physician-assisted Suicide in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Review of the Literature and Description of a Clinical Case)

Introduction. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a slowly progressive degenerative polyetiological incurable disease of the central nervous system which causes muscle paralysis and atrophy due to the degeneration of the upper and lower motor neurons. As the disease doesn’t usually affect cognitive abi...

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Main Authors: Nehrych T., Papish M., Shorobura M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Publishing House "Kyrylytsya" 2015-09-01
Series:Львівський клінічний вісник
Subjects:
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
continuous deep sedation
cyclosporine A
euthanasia
noninvasive ventilation
palliative care
physician-assisted suicide
riluzole
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