Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

The study epiDESA2 identifies all explicit requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide expressed by the person him/herself, regardless of which professional is asked and regardless of where the request is made (primary care, health institutions, medico-social institutions including nursing home care or at home) in the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region during six months.

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Key information

Conditions

Suicide, Assisted Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Self-Injurious Behavior Suicide

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHRU Besançon

Besançon, 25000, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Any adult :

Living at home, or in medico-social institutions or hospitalized in primary care or health institutions of Burgundy-Franche-Comté,
At the end of life due to advanced stage disease or a major change in the state of health of an elderly person,
Who expressed an explicit request for euthanasia or assisted suicide,
Who expressed their no objection to the collection of their datas,
Who are covered by the French social security system.

Exclusion criteria

They are underage
The request was expressed by another person
The request is not an explicit request
The request appears in the context of a situation other than illness or a general change in state of health
The patient is mentally confused

Treatment and study plan

questionnaires completion

Other

Primary outcomes

Census of requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide in Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

Other

Collaborators

Centre Hospitalier Auxerre
Centre Hospitalier Beaune
Centre Hospitalier Belfort Montbéliard
Centre Hospitalier Champagnole
Centre Hospitalier Chatillon Montbard
Centre Hospitalier Joigny
Centre Hospitalier Lons le Saunier
Centre Hospitalier Louis Pasteur
Centre Hospitalier Macon
Centre Hospitalier Paray le Monial
Centre Hospitalier Pontarlier
Centre Hospitalier Saint Claude
Centre Hospitalier Sens
Centre Hospitalier Tonnerre
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Centre Hospitalier William Morey - Chalon sur Saône
Centre Hospitalier de Haute Saône
Centre Hospitalier de Monceau les Mines
Centre Hospitalier de l'Agglomération de Nevers
Centre Hospitalier du Val de Saône
Groupement des Professionnels de Santé du Pays Beaunois
Réseau ARESPA
Réseau Départemental de Soins Palliatifs de la Nièvre
Réseau Opale
Réseau Pléiade

Registry information

Official study title

Requests for Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide : Epidemiological Study Conducted as Part of the Establishment of a Structured Network

Acronym: EPIDESA2

Important dates

Study start: 2017
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Jul 26, 2016
Registry last updated: Jul 17, 2018

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