Aims
Provide consensus-based guidance on palliative sedation for palliative caregivers and health care decision makers in Europe
Objectives
1. Establish a consensus panel of clinical experts on palliative sedation
2. Perform a methodologically strict multi-step consensus process based on the EAPC framework paper on palliative sedation and the research in the PallSed project
3. Draft an EAPC white paper based on the revised framework recommendations
The Task Force is chaired by Jeroen Hasselaar, Professor “social empowerment in palliative care”, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, the Netherlands and Department head primary care research, Nivel, Utrecht and Lucas Radbruch, Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn Germany.
Useful resources from the Palliative Sedation Project
Steering Committe
Birgit Jaspers
Germany
Eduardo Garralda
Spain
Antonella Cardone
Belgium
Sheila Payne
United Kingdom
Core Members
Daniel Mosiou
Romania
Ágnes Csikos
Hungary
Carlos Centeno
Belgium
Johan Menten
Belgium
Nathan Cherny
Israel