Support and control in assisted dying and palliative sedation Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In recent decades, assisted dying and continuous deep sedation until death (CDS) have become increasingly important medical practices at the end of life. Assisted dying refer to practices in which lethal drugs are intentionally used to hasten the patient’s death at the explicit and voluntary request of the patient. This practice includes euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In euthanasia, another person than the patient, most often a ...