# OnCo record care-in-the-last-days-of-life (protocol). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/protocols/care-in-the-last-days-of-life/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "care-in-the-last-days-of-life" ;
  schema:name "Care in the last days of life: recognising dying, hydration, symptom control and anticipatory medicines"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "end of life care"@en, "last days of life"@en, "care of the dying"@en, "just in case medicines"@en, "anticipatory prescribing"@en, "anticipatory medicines"@en, "death rattle"@en, "noisy respiratory secretions"@en, "terminal agitation"@en, "terminal delirium"@en, "dying phase"@en ;
  schema:description "When someone may be in their last days, the team should say so honestly, plan care with them and their family, stop medicines that no longer help, keep their mouth moist and offer drinks if they want them, and prescribe 'just in case' medicines for pain, breathlessness, sickness, agitation and noisy breathing so that help is at hand without delay, including at home."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/care-in-the-last-days-of-life/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/protocols/strong-opioids-for-cancer-pain/>, <https://onco.cc/protocols/palliative-sedation-for-refractory-suffering/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/syringe-drivers/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/last-days-of-life-care/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/palliative-sedation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/advance-care-planning/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/respect-process/> .