Chapter One
Section One Summary
Key
Messages
Keywords
Terminology, palliative sedation, refractory
suffering, proportionality, end-of-life, palliative
care
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• Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of
patients facing incurable illness.
• Palliative sedation involves the lowering of consciousness
of a patient aimed to relieve otherwise uncontrollable and
unbearable suffering.
• Palliative sedation is a measure of last resort.
• The Palliative Sedation (PalSed) project aims to both add
to the knowledge on palliative sedation as well as impact
clinical practice.