# OnCo record palliative-sedation-for-refractory-suffering (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/palliative-sedation-for-refractory-suffering/>
  a schema:MedicalGuideline ;
  onco:kind "protocol" ;
  schema:identifier "palliative-sedation-for-refractory-suffering" ;
  schema:name "Palliative sedation for refractory suffering at the end of life"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "terminal sedation"@en, "continuous deep sedation"@en, "proportional sedation"@en, "respite sedation"@en, "sedation for refractory symptoms"@en, "midazolam infusion at the end of life"@en ;
  schema:description "Very occasionally, near the end of life, suffering cannot be relieved by any other treatment. Palliative sedation uses medicines to make the person sleepy, only as deeply as needed to relieve the suffering. It is decided together with the person and their family, after specialist advice, and checked often."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/protocols/palliative-sedation-for-refractory-suffering/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  onco:related <https://onco.cc/protocols/care-in-the-last-days-of-life/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/syringe-drivers/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/palliative-sedation/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/last-days-of-life-care/> .