Continuous deep sedation at the end of life: a qualitative interview-study among health care providers on an evolving practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Continuous deep sedation (CDS) can be used for patients at the end of life who suffer intolerably from severe symptoms that cannot be relieved otherwise. In the Netherlands, the use of CDS is guided by an national guideline since 2005. The percentage of patients for whom CDS is used increased from 8% of all patients who died in 2005 to 18% in 2015. The aim of this study is to explore potential causes of the rise in the use of CDS in the Netherlands according to health care providers who have been participating in this practice.

Methods

Semi-structured interviews were conducted and thematically analysed. Participants were Dutch health care providers (HCPs), working at patients' homes, hospices, elderly care facilities and in hospitals and experienced in providing C

SUBMITTER: Heijltjes MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10601190 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature