Grid for transversal analysis
| CPGs number 1 | CPGs number 2 | CPGs number 3 | |
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| Importance of ethical considerations | |||
| Chapter(s) and/or paragraphs explicitly focused on ethical considerations | |||
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| Participation of a society for medical ethics | |||
| Participation of ethicists | |||
| If chapter(s) or paragraph(s) explicitly focused on ethical considerations: Spectrum of ethical challenges of all forms of palliative sedation | |||
| Palliative sedation | Items: depth and duration of sedation, target patients, artificial hydration and nutrition, indications. Example: I.‘X’:… II. ‘XY’:… III. ‘XYZ’:… | Items: depth and duration of sedation, target patients, artificial hydration and nutrition, indications. Example: I.‘X’: … II. ‘XY’:… III. ‘XYZ’:… | Items: depth and duration of sedation, target patients, artificial hydration and nutrition, indications. Example: I.‘X’:… II. ‘XY’: … III. ‘XYZ’:… |
| Ethical challenges | I.Ethical challenges of ‘X’ Ethical challenge no. 1/2:…
Ethical challenge no. 2/2:
| I.Ethical challenges of ‘X’ Ethical challenge no. 1/1:…
| I.Ethical challenges of ‘X’ Ethical challenge no. 1/1:…
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| II. Ethical challenges of ‘XY’ and the rest | II. Ethical challenges of ‘XY’ and the rest | II. Ethical challenges of ‘XY’ and the rest | |
| III. Ethical challenges of ‘XYZ’ and the rest | III. Ethical challenges of ‘XYZ’ and the rest | III. Ethical challenges of ‘XYZ’ and the rest | |
CPGs, clinical practice guidelines.