Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

31 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-09-30

Study Completion Date

2015-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study take place in the palliative care units of Burgundy-Franche-Comté regions and at the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier. The main aim of this project is to analyze and understand the meaning of explicit requests to hasten death (euthanasia and assisted suicide).

This involves conducting interviews with patients, carers to whom the request has been expressed and a relative chosen by the patient. This study aims to describe the request over time. This will be done through two series of interviews, one as soon as it is first expressed, then one week later.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Palliative Care End of Life Euthanasia Assisted Suicide Qualitative Research

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Qualitative research

Semi-structured interviews

Group Type OTHER

Qualitative research

Intervention Type OTHER

Semi-structured interviews

Interventions

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Qualitative research

Semi-structured interviews

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Adult not under guardianship or curatorship,
* Hospitalized in palliative care units of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and in the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier in Paris,
* At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,
* They have made an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,
* They are in capacity to meet researchers for interview,
* Having consented to interviews,
* They are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion Criteria

* Adult under guardianship or curatorship,
* They are underage,
* They are not hospitalized in Palliative Care Unit of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region and in the Maison Médicale Jeanne Garnier,
* The request was expressed by another person or not explicit,
* They didn't consent to interviews,
* The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health
* They are not in capacity to meet researchers for interviews.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No