Trial Information
Incurable Ill Patients Attitudes to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: A Prospective, Multi-Centre Trial in Palliative Care Units in Saxony
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age >= 18 years
- Incurable illness
- Mental state thet allows to answer a questionnaire
Exclusion Criteria:
- Somnolence
- Low mental state
- Curable disease
- Depression with danger of acute suicide
Type of Study:
Observational
Study Design:
Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective
Outcome Measure:
Patients intention to assisted suicide
Outcome Time Frame:
up to four weeks after beginning of palliative treatment
Safety Issue:
No
Principal Investigator
Armin R Sablotzki, MD
Investigator Role:
Principal Investigator
Investigator Affiliation:
Klinikum St. Georg Leipzig, Clinics of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Therapy
Authority:
Germany: Ethics Commission
Study ID:
BR-14/06-1
NCT ID:
NCT00495482
Start Date:
September 2006
Completion Date:
January 2010
Related Keywords:
- Incurable Cancer Diseases
- Other Incurable Diseases
- Euthanasia
- Assisted Suicide
- Assisted Dying
- Palliative Care Medicine
- Suicide
- Suicide, Assisted