# OnCo record palliative-sedation (term). 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/terms/palliative-sedation/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "palliative-sedation" ;
  schema:name "Palliative sedation"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "terminal sedation"@en, "continuous palliative sedation"@en ;
  schema:description "Palliative sedation means giving medicines that make a dying person sleep when severe suffering cannot be relieved any other way. It is ordinary medical care in the last days of life, and it is not euthanasia."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/palliative-sedation/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:sameAs <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palliative_sedation> ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdu238>, <https://www.government.nl/themes/family-health-and-care/euthanasia/palliative-sedation-a-normal-medical-procedure> ;
  onco:tag "supportive" ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/palliative-care/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/hospice-end-of-life/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/last-days-of-life-care/> .