End-of-life care in the French ICU: Impact of Claeys-Leonetti law on decision to withhold or withdraw life-supportive therapy

Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. 2020 Feb;39(1):113-114. doi: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.07.010. Epub 2019 Jul 26.

Authors

Matthieu Le Dorze¹, Stanislas Kandelman², Benoit Veber³; SFAR Ethics Committee

Collaborators

SFAR Ethics Committee:
Arié Attias, Elodie Brunel, Houtin Baghdadi, Antoine Baumann, Frédérique Claudot, Christophe Frot, Marc Gentili, Caroline Guibet Lafaye, Valérie Gateau, Florence Lallemant, Matthieu Le Dorze, Fabrice Michel, Anne Le Boudec, Emmanuel Samain, Benoit Veber, Gérald Visquesnel

Affiliations

¹ Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Lariboisière hospital, 2, rue Ambroise-Paré, 75010 Paris, France.
² Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Beaujon hospital, Paris Public Hospitals (AP-HP), 100, boulevard du Général Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
³ Department of anaesthesiology and intensive care, Rouen university hospital, 76000 Rouen, France. Electronic address: benoit.veber@chu-rouen.fr.

PMID: 31356893
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2019.07.010

No abstract available

Keywords: Claeys-Leonetti law; End-of-life care; Withholding and withdrawing therapy.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Clinical Decision-Making
Deep Sedation
France
Humans
Intensive Care Units / legislation & jurisprudence*
Medical Futility
Palliative Care / legislation & jurisprudence
Terminal Care*
Withholding Treatment / legislation & jurisprudence*