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Noun Concept

Categories: Palliative care, Euthanasia, Hospice

palliative sedation continuous deep sedation continuous deep sedation therapy Sedation for intractable distress in the dying sedation for intractable distress in the dying/of a dying patient

In medicine, specifically in end-of-life care, palliative sedation is the palliative practice of relieving distress in a terminally ill person in the last hours or days of a dying person's life, usually by means of a continuous intravenous or subcutaneous infusion of a sedative drug, or by means of a specialized catheter designed to provide comfortable and discreet administration of ongoing medications via the rectal route. Wikipedia

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Administration of medications with a calming or sedative effect to a person who is on the verge of death, which may accelerate the death of the patient Wikipedia Disambiguation

Sedation technique Wikidata

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therapy

palliation

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natural causes

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continuous deep sedation, continuous deep sedation therapy, Sedation for intractable distress in the dying, sedation for intractable distress of a dying patient, Sedation for intractable distress of a dying patiënt, slow euthanasia, terminal sedation

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continuous deep sedation, sedation for intractable distress in the dying/of a dying patient, terminal sedation