Rijpstra, Maaike http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8747-3833
Vissers, Kris http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2919-6356
Centeno, Carlos http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3395-7039
Menten, Johan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2805-1953
Radbruch, Lukas http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-396X
Mercadante, Sebastiano http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9859-6487
Van der Elst, Michael http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9381-7287
Adile, Claudio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0664-3520
Arantzamendi, Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2406-0668
Kuip, Evelien http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9114-643X
Payne, Sheila http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6982-9181
Preston, Nancy http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2659-2342
Hasselaar, Jeroen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8880-2029
Funding for this research was provided by:
H2020 Health (825700)
Article History
Received: 24 November 2022
Accepted: 21 December 2022
First Online: 28 January 2023
Declarations
:
: This study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen (ref.nr. 2019/6016, June 2020); The REC of the University Hospital Navarra in Pamplona (ref.nr.2020.044, June 2020); The REC of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm’s University in Bonn (ref.nr. 300/20, July 2020); The REC of the University Hospital of Palermo (ref.nr. 7/2020, July 2020) and The REC of the University Hospitals in Leuven (ref.nr.S64008, August 2020).Written informed consent will be obtained before participation in the study, both in the participants receiving palliative sedation and also in the relatives and health care professionals for completing questionnaires both before and after the participants’ death. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and applicable regulations.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.