The 36-year-old mom had been suffering from terminal cancer and had been due to receive palliative sedation.
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Alexina Wattiez, a resident of Oupeye in Belgium, was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2021. Her condition rapidly deteriorated and, according to local news outlet Nieuwsblad, the 36-year-old was in so much pain that she asked to be put to rest. Image of a doctor holding their patient's hand. The woman's doctor had tried to administer palliative sedation, but the treatment was unsuccessful.The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative medicine states that palliative sedation does not usually alter the timing or mechanism of a patient's death as it is most commonly used during very advanced stages of a terminal illness.