Objectives: To evaluate the practice of deep sedation and to make cross-country comparisons
 
Recent studies have shown that the prevalence of this end-of-life decision has grown substantially in the past decades, in contrast to the empirical information about it. Research into how, why, where and by whom it is practiced is high on the agenda of palliative care research. The researcher will use several retrospective and prospective quantitative and qualitative data sets that have been or are being gathered across Europe eg. questionnaires from and interviews with physicians and nurses, studies in the nursing home setting.
 
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• Evangelia Papavasiliou (researcher)
• Sheila Payne (lead)