Palliative sedation challenging the professional competency of health care providers and staff: a qualitative focus group and personal written narrative study

Table 1 Composition of focus groups

	Location	Profession	Age	Lenght of service	Number
Focus Group	PCU 1 Paris	physician	50–59	8.5 years	3
		physician	50–59	16.5 years	5
		nurse	30–39	2 years	1
			40–49	2 years	8
			40–49	4.5 years	9
			20–29	4 years	10
		head-nurse	40–49	8 years	4
		assistant nurse	50–59	2.5 years	7
		psychologist	40–49	4 years	6
		volunteer	60–69	3 years	2
	PCU 2 Paris	physician	60–69	6 years	4
		physician	40–49	2 years	7
		nurse	30–39	5 years	3
		nurse	40–49	6 months	6
		assistant nurse	50–59	8 years	1
		assistant nurse	40–49	3 years	9
		physiotherapist	50–59	3.5 years	5
		psychomotor therapist	30–39	6 months	8
		volunteer	60–69	12 years	2
	PCU 3 Besançon	physician	40–49	2.5 years	9
		nurse	40–49	7 years	4
		nurse	40–49	5 years	6
		assistant nurse	50–59	2 years	1
			50–59	9 years	7
			30–39	1.5 years	3
			50–59	10 years	8
		psychologist	50–59	2 years	5
		physiotherapist	50–59	4 years	2

ISSN: 1472-684X