Context Although unanimity exists on using palliative sedation (PS) for controlling refractory
physical suffering in end-of-life situations, using it for controlling refractory existential …

In 2009, the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) developed a framework on
palliative sedation, acknowledging this practice as an important and ethically acceptable …

In palliative care (PC), the term 'end of life'(EoL) is commonly used but inconsistently
defined. 1 This European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Clinical Practice Guideline …

Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on
the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that …

'Palliation sedation'is a widely used term to describe the intentional administration of
sedatives to reduce a dying person's consciousness to relieve intolerable suffering from …

Background: The European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) acknowledges palliative
sedation as an important, broadly accepted intervention for patients with life-limiting disease …

Context The use of continuous sedation until death (CSD) has been highly debated for many
years. It is unknown how the use of CSD evolves over time. Reports suggest that there is an …

Background Sedation in palliative care is frequently but controversially discussed.
Heterogeneous definitions and conceptual confusion have been cited as contributing to …

Aims To examine registered nurses' attitudes about end‐of‐life care and explore the barriers
and facilitators that influence the provision of high‐quality end‐of‐life care. Design A …

Medicalisation is a pervasive feature of contemporary end of life and dying in Western
Europe and North America. In this article, we focus on the relationship between two specific …