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Antenatal Palliative Care

NCT03795857 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 9

Last updated 2019-08-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In France, according to current legislation, termination of pregnancy could be performed without any upper gestational age limit, if there is a strong probability that the fetus will be affected by a particularly severe and incurable disease. When there is a lethal fetal diagnosis most of parents wish to terminate their pregnancy. However, and despite some medical resistance a few of them do wish to continue pregnancy. In these situations, palliative care seems to be a good way to prepare to welcome the child and surround him until death.

The aim of the study is to describe parents' experience for a better understanding and a better care.

Conditions

  • Fetal Death
  • Fetal Anomaly

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Semi-structured interviews

The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of pregnancy by parents who have chosen to carry to term despite a lethal fetal diagnosis. Therefore, semi-structured interviews will be conducted to explore the links between context, feeling, involvement, decision and actions during pregnancy, whether within the couple or in its environment.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-01-14
Primary Completion
2019-04-11
Completion
2019-04-11

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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