Objectives
- To describe causes and circumstances of death related to epilepsy in France,
- To support bereaved families in particular by helping them to get in touch with other bereaved families
More specific objectives
>> To answer questions of bereaved families :
- By offering them to have a talk with a neurologist of the network
- By providing information and documents on the website or by mail at the request of families
>> To inform physicians and provide them some answers when faced with their patients' death :
- Establishment of a national network of psychologist
- Establishment of a national network of bereaved families
- Providing specific training for physicians and specific documentation
>> To estimate the incidence of mortality from epilepsy in regions actively participating in the network
>> To establish a national database to set up research projects
Who can and how to report a death?
