List of identified stakeholders

Task 54 Identify stakeholders and draft policy recommendations M40M44Palliative sedation is a complex intervention aimed to relive suffering generated by refractory symptoms at end of life Alongside the patient and the family the health care professionals and health managers health funders are obvious stakeholder but also due to the cultural and religious diversity among Europe opinion leaders national palliative care associations and the general public may play an important role in the way palliative care sedation is used and perceived MethodRecommendations based on results of the present WP but also WP 2 3 4 6 will be prepared for the stakeholder meeting HCS together with Radboudumc will draft policy recommendation and send them in the consortium for consensus Stakeholder identification WP lead will Collaborate with EAPC to identify national palliative care association representative Europe WP lead will contact national palliative care association representatives across Europe and invite them to express their interest in taking part in a policy workshop concerning palliative care sedation and identify at least one representative for each of following stakeholders groups in his her country leading health care professionals involved in palliative care managers of representative palliative care facilities in their countries patients groups advocating for palliative care health funders supportive for palliative care faith public leaders supportive of palliative care National association representatives will send the contact information of these persons after obtaining their agreements