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Managing suffering at the end of life: A study of continuous deep sedation until death
Some dying people experience symptoms in the last hours or days of life that do not respond well to conventional therapies. In such circumstances, sedation may be given to induce a coma until death occurs. This practice is known as 'continuous deep sedation until death' or as 'palliative' or 'terminal' sedation. Although the practice is a standard procedure there are many...