Abstract Background In 2016 a French law created a new right for end-of-life patients: deep
and continuous sedation maintained until death, with discontinuation of all treatments …

Background: Extensive debate surrounds the practice of continuous sedation until death to
control refractory symptoms in terminal cancer care. We examined reported practice of …

End‐of‐life sedation, though increasingly prevalent and widespread, remains a highly
debated medical practice in the context of palliative medicine. This qualitative study aims to …

Purpose End-of-life sedation, though increasingly prevalent and widespread internationally,
remains one of the most highly debated medical practices in the context of palliative …

Background A significant minority of dying people experience refractory symptoms or
extreme distress unresponsive to conventional therapies. In such circumstances, sedation …

Palliative sedation at the end of life to handle unmanageable symptoms has been much
debated. A systematic literature review in three phases including a content analysis of 15 …

To maintain palliative sedation as a legitimate clinical procedure from any ethical or clinical
point of view, it must be limited to the restricted area for which it was conceived, that is, relief …

Recent findings confirm that palliative sedation is an integral part of a medical palliative care
approach and is needed in certain clinical situations. It is a legitimate clinical practice from …

Background Although palliative sedation therapy is often required in terminally ill cancer
patients, little is known about actual practice. The aims of this study were to clarify the …

Background: Involving patients in decision-making is considered to be particularly
appropriate towards the end of life. Professional guidelines emphasize that the decision to …