The New York Times published an article today about palliative sedation, the medical topic we are currently evaluating.
"Months to Live: Hard Choice for a Comfortable Death: Sedation"
By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/health/27sedation.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
"Inducing sleep with drugs near the end of life is a widely used treatment even as it vexes families and doctors."