Episode 3 – Pain Management in Palliative and Hospice Care, Continuous Sedation Until Death and Expanding Options for Dying and Suffering Patients – Interview with Sam LiPuma and Joe DeMarco  (Note: Part 1 of the interview)

In the first part of this two part interview, Dr. Toni Nicoletti interviews Mr. Samuel H. LiPuma, Associate  Professor at Cuyahoga Community College and Dr. Joseph P. DeMarco, professor emeritus in philosophy at Cleveland State University, on their new book, The Dying Experience: Expanding Options for Dying and Suffering Patients. In this episode, the authors discuss why respect for autonomy and uncontrolled pain constitute good reasons for expanding options for dying and suffering patients. They discuss continuous sedation until death and why its use should be expanded in hospice care, and legal decisions regarding physician assisted suicide that involve issues in pain management.