Opinions about the new law on end-of-life issues in a sample of french patients receiving palliative care

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• 作者：Augustin Boulanger ; Théo Chabal ; Marie Fichaux ; Mireille Destandau…
• 关键词：Euthanasia ; Opinions ; Patients ; Palliative care
• 刊名：BMC Palliative Care
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：16
• 期：1
• 全文大小：367KB
• 刊物主题：Pain Medicine; Quality of Life Research; Palliative Medicine;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-684X
• 卷排序：16

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BackgroundIn February 2nd 2016, the French government enacted the Claeys-Leonetti law that forbade euthanasia and established the right to deep and continuous sedation for end-of-life patients. Moreover, the law also obliges clinicians to abide by any advance directives regarding treatment and investigation, except in cases where they are “obviously inappropriate” in a given medical situation, or in cases of emergency, in order to allow medical staff to take time to assess the patient’s situation. Artificial feeding and hydration are considered as treatment. The aim of this report is to investigate individuals receiving palliative care about their opinion about euthanasia, about advance directives, about the right to deep and continuous sedation, and the right to stopping artificial feeding and hydration.