Palliative sedation challenging the professional competency of health care providers and staff: a qualitative focus group and personal written narrative study.

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Date publication

avril 2017

Journal

BMC palliative care

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr AUBRY Régis

Tous les auteurs :
Leboul D, Aubry R, Peter JM, Royer V, Richard JF, Guirimand F

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28399846

Résumé

Despite recent advances in palliative medicine, sedating a terminally ill patient is regarded as an indispensable treatment to manage unbearable suffering. With the prospect of widespread use of palliative sedation, the feelings and representations of health care providers and staff (carers) regarding sedation must be carefully explored if we are to gain a better understanding of its impact and potential pitfalls. The objective of the study was to provide a comprehensive description of the opinions of carers about the use of sedation practices in palliative care units (PCU), which have become a focus of public attention following changes in legislation.