Exploring the perceptions of physicians, caregivers and families towards artificial nutrition and hydration for people in permanent vegetative state: How can a photo-elicitation method help?

• Elodie Cretin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ecretin@chu-besancon.fr

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Philosophy EA 2274, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, Department of Neurosciences EA 481, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, Regional Center for Medical Ethics Bourgogne / Franche-Comté (EREBFC), Besançon, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5123-1592

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• Lionel Pazart,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Neurosciences EA 481, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

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• Marie-Christine Rousseau,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation PVS/MCS Unit, San Salvadour Hospital, AP-HP, Hyères, France

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• Alain Noé,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation PVS/MCS Unit, Center for Functional Re-education and Rehabilitation Bretignier, Héricourt, France

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• Pierre Decavel,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurosciences EA 481, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, PVS/MCS Unit, Center for Functional Re-education and Rehabilitation Les Salins de Bregille, Besançon, France

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• Aline Chassagne,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Socio-anthropology EA 3189, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

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• Aurélie Godard-Marceau,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Neurosciences EA 481, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

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• Hélène Trimaille,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

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• Florence Mathieu-Nicot,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Psychology EA 3188, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

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• Yvan Beaussant,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France

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• Damien Gabriel,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Neurosciences EA 481, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France

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• Serge Daneault,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University Hospital of Montreal, Montréal, Canada

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• Régis Aubry

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinical Investigation Center, CIC 1431 Inserm, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Palliative Care Unit, University Hospital of Besançon, Besançon, France, Department of Neurosciences EA 481, University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Besançon, France, Regional Center for Medical Ethics Bourgogne / Franche-Comté (EREBFC), Besançon, France

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