Open AccessDecision making concerning life-sustaining treatment in paediatric nephrology: professionals' experiences and values
Author(s) -
Isabelle Fauriel,
Grégoire Moutel,
Nathalie Duchange,
Luc Montuclard,
MarieLaure Moutard,
Pierre Cochat,
Christian Hervé
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nephrology, dialysis, transplantation/nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfi160
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrology , intensive care medicine , health professionals , health care , economics , economic growth
In a previous article, we studied decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment (LST) taken between 1995 and 2001 in 31 French-speaking paediatric nephrology centres. Files were available for 18 of the 31 centres. A grid was used to analyse the criteria on which decisions were based, and the results were enriched by an analysis of interviews with the doctors at these centres (31 interviews with doctors from the 18 centres). The goal was to describe in detail and to specify the criteria on which decisions to withhold or withdraw LST were based, in cases extracted from the files. The second paper deals exclusively with the interviews with doctors and analyses their lifetime's experience and perception.