Euthanasia, assisted suicide and physician-assisted suicide.
These are different ways of helping someone die and are now referred collectively as assisted dying. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are not medical treatments and […]
These are different ways of helping someone die and are now referred collectively as assisted dying. Euthanasia and assisted suicide are not medical treatments and […]
Grief, loss and bereavement are terms that are often used interchangeably. However, they do have distinct meanings.
The term ‘life-limiting illness’ refers to a chronic illness that cannot be cured by treatment and results in death. Some people live for a long […]
Palliative care focusses on people living with an active, progressive, and advanced life-limiting or terminal illness; people who show little or no prospect of cure, […]
Progressive sedation is the process of using sedatives to achieve the greatest level of comfort for patients experiencing unrelieved pain. Palliative sedation is rarely necessary.
The term palliative sedation refers to the administration of sedation to a person who is close (for example hours, days) to dying. Sometimes, palliative sedation […]