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Belgian General Practitioners' Perspectives on the Use of Palliative Sedation in End-of-Life Home Care: A Qualitative Study

Abstract Context Palliative sedation (PS) is a far-reaching palliative measure with a life-shortening potential. Guidelines provide only for a restricted use of PS and as a last resort. Objectives To explore PS practice in end-of-life (EoL) home care. Methods This was a qualitative analysis of semi-...

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Published in:Journal of pain and symptom management 2014-06, Vol.47 (6), p.1054-1063
Main Authors: Sercu, Maria, MD, Pype, Peter, MD, Christiaens, Thierry, MD, PhD, Derese, Anselme, MD, PhD, Deveugele, Myriam, MA, PhD
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description Abstract Context Palliative sedation (PS) is a far-reaching palliative measure with a life-shortening potential. Guidelines provide only for a restricted use of PS and as a last resort. Objectives To explore PS practice in end-of-life (EoL) home care. Methods This was a qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with 52 general practitioners (GPs) of Flanders, Belgium. Results Apart from GPs who adhere to the existing prerequisites for PS, opinions diverge among GPs on the indication area for PS and on possible life-shortening intentions. The key to GPs' broadened view on “which suffering merits PS” is the fragile context of EoL home care, and the key to GPs' possible life-shortening intentions is their need to facilitate the dying process, when trying or lengthy. When honoring a terminally ill patient's request for euthanasia, several GPs prefer slow euthanasia using PS to a lethal injection. Conclusion PS home practice deviates from the PS guidelines' recommendations. In addition to the GPs' shortage of knowledge, the guidelines' recommendations do not always meet the particular needs of EoL home care. If one consideration of EoL home care is to respect a patient's wish to die at home, then the pre-emptive use of PS to avoid a futile transfer to the hospital in the case of an undesirable turn of events deserves more attention in the PS debate.
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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Attitude of Health Personnel
Belgium
Biological and medical sciences
continuous deep sedation
decision making
end-of-life care
Euthanasia
Female
General practice
General practitioner
General Practitioners - psychology
Home care
Home Care Services
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives - therapeutic use
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Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Pain Medicine
Palliative care
Palliative Care - methods
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
practice guideline
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Qualitative Research
Sedation
sedation to unconsciousness
Suffering
terminal care
Terminal Care - methods
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