Study of the Life Stories of Patients Making a Request for Euthanasia, in the Context of Advanced Cancer.

Centre Leon Berard7 enrolled

Overview

This study wishes to focus on the life course of patients, beyond the moments of suffering experienced at the time of the request for euthanasia. It is based on the perspective that the patient's account of his or her life course can be a source of information for better understanding and accompanying patients requesting euthanasia.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Advanced Cancer

Interventions

free interview, and questionnaires in a second timeOTHER

After inclusion in the study, patients will be met for a free interview. The interview will be conducted using an open-ended interview method with the patients to allow free expression of their life history, using open and broad questions to avoid the influence of the interviewer as much as possible. Each interview will be conducted by the same person to allow for better interpersonal reproducibility. After the interview, the patients will be seen again to complete two questionnaires: * An attachment questionnaire: Relationship Scales Questionnaire * A questionnaire on symptoms: Distress thermometer

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Major patients * With cancer in the palliative phase, i.e. with an incurable disease according to current knowledge. * Expressing a request for euthanasia in terms evoking a request for death with the intervention of an outside person. * Non-opposition to the study after full written information. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe decompensated psychiatric pathology * Vulnerable persons defined here as pregnant women, parturients and persons under legal protection or unable to express their consent * Inability to conduct an interview

Locations (1)

Centre Léon Bérard

Lyon, France

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Description of the life stories of patients requesting euthanasia to explore which life experiences are brought forward when making this request, in a context of advanced oncological pathology.

The main objective is to describe the life stories of patients requesting euthanasia in order to discover which life experiences are reasoning in the formulation of this request, in a context of advanced oncological pathology. The investigators carry out a descriptive analysis of the interviews. The interviews will be analyzed as they are conducted, in order to identify themes of interest. The themes will be compared between the different interviews in order to identify possible trends.

Time frame: One month

Secondary Outcomes

Calculation of the Bartholomew score

Use of specific questionnaire (Relationship Scales Questionnaire of Batholomew) to describe the profiles of the patients in the study

Time frame: One month

Calculation of the distress thermometer's score

Use of specific questionnaire (NCCN distress thermometer) to describe the profiles of the patients in the study

Time frame: One month

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

This platform is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional.