Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

65 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-01

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself, regardless of which professional is asked and regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including nursing home care or at home) in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region during six months.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Suicide, Assisted

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Questionnaires completion

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Any adult :

* Living at home, or in medico-social institutions or hospitalized in primary care or health institutions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté,
* At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,
* Who expressed an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,
* Who expressed their no objection to the collection of their datas,
* Who are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion Criteria

* They are underage
* The request was expressed by another person
* The request is not an explicit request
* The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health
* The patient is mentally confused

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No