Clinical Trial: (DIS)AGreement of Relatives Regarding Ethical End-of-life Decisions in ICU.
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Cessation of Treatment
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: (DIS)AGreement of Relatives Regarding Ethical End-of-life Decisions in ICU.
Brief Summary:
In the ICU, the vast majority of patients die following a life-sustaining therapies (LST) limitation decision.Most often, the patient is not able to express himself and has not made his wishes known beforehand, for example in the form of advance directives.The "relatives" are then the only recourse to state the patient's wishes, without any guarantee that they are aware of them.In France, the final decision is made by the physician (or the medical team) who is responsible for it.In this context,…
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