2024
DOI: 10.57187/s.3590
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Palliative sedation – revised recommendations

Michel Beauverd,
Marta Mazzoli,
Josiane Pralong
et al.

Abstract: Palliative sedation is defined as the monitored use of medications intended to induce a state of decreased or absent awareness (unconsciousness) to relieve the burden of otherwise intractable suffering in a manner ethically acceptable to the patient, their family, and healthcare providers. In Switzerland, the prevalence of continuous deep sedation until death increased from 4.7% in 2001 to 17.5% of all deceased in 2013, depending on the research method used and on regional variations. Yet, these numbers may be… Show more

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