The palliative care nurse was convicted of the murder of 10 patients, and the attempted murder of 27 others.

A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others.

Prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort to ease his workload during shifts overnight.

  • Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish
    62·
    9 hours ago

    I think you mean hospice care. Otherwise, if you get in a bad car accident tomorrow you are requesting your nurse to kill you even if you are expected to recover.

    I have also worked adjacent to hospice care and you would be surprised that people do recover from hospice care as well.

      • Doomsider@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        2 hours ago

        No, that is hospice care.

        Palliative care can be provided at any stage of a serious illness alongside curative treatments to manage symptoms, while hospice care is a specific type of palliative care for patients with a life expectancy of six months or less who have stopped curative treatments and are focused on comfort.

        • iegod@lemmy.zipEnglish
          2·
          22 minutes ago

          My cursory googling of definitions does not align with yours. Palliative seems to lean toward terminal illnesses, and your definition is largely only seen/used in the united states.