Early childhood trauma linked to late-life pain and depression
In the later years of life, older adults report a high prevalence of traumatic events, which are associated with poorer ...
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“With the dissolution of the National Assembly, he condemns thousands of sick people to unnecessary agony”
By choosing to dissolve the National Assembly, Emmanuel Macron has reduced to nothing the ongoing discussions concerning the bill on ...
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End of life: the lethal substance cannot be administered by a loved one
The National Assembly voted on the bill on the end of life, establishing assisted dying in France, but the parliamentarians ...
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End of life: 7 out of 10 French people want to benefit from home support
More than 70% of French people do not want to end their days in hospital, according to a new survey. ...
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Addicted to opioids, they are less likely to receive palliative care at the end of life
People with opioid use disorder are less likely to receive palliative care in the 90 days before death, according to ...
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End of life: “There is still too much avoidance of the dying person’s room”
Psychiatrist, geriatrician, doctor of philosophy and ethics, Véronique Lefebvre des Noëttes takes us into the complex end-of-life issues that mark ...
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End of life: “assisted dying” under “strict conditions” announced by Emmanuel Macron
The Head of State announced for April a draft law on the end of life which provides for "assisted dying" ...
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End of life: the national academy of surgery in favor of “assisted suicide”
While a future law on the end of life is fueling numerous debates, the National Academy of Surgery has expressed ...
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Cancer: Clémentine Vergnaud’s husband tells how he supported her
The husband of Clémentine Vergnaud, who died of cancer, tells how he accompanied her until the end. THE ESSENTIAL Journalist ...
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End of life: why there will not be a new law before 2025
The text was to be presented to the Council of Ministers at the end of 2023. But a new timetable ...
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What really happens when we die?
Dr. Kathryn Mannix, who has worked in palliative care for 30 years, explains what happens to the body when a ...
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Michel Onfray and the end of life: “Let the dying die as they wish”
A new law on the end of life prepared by the government should be debated in Parliament during the year ...
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“The end of life is a period of great doubt”
While the bill on the end of life must be presented in the coming days to the President of the ...
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End of life: why is the term euthanasia not mentioned in the bill?
Agnès Firmin-Le Bodo, Minister for Territorial Organization and Health Professions, will bring forward the end-of-life bill which must be presented ...
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The end of life in history: from acceptance of the natural cycle to active assistance in dying
The end-of-life bill must be presented to Emmanuel Macron “at the end of summer”. It will include three components: palliative ...
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Euthanasia: the Netherlands authorizes it for children under 12
The Netherlands will expand access to euthanasia for children under 12 suffering from a fatal disease causing "desperate and unbearable ...
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End-of-life doula: “Talking about death doesn’t make you die and it helps you age better”
Marie-Christine Laville, end-of-life doula, accompanies the dying and their loved ones in this complex moment. Why Doctor: what does the ...
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End of life: E. Macron’s answers to the “yes but” of the Convention on active assistance in dying
Emmanuel Macron spoke this Monday morning after receiving the participants in the Citizens' Convention on the end of life, which ...
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Assisted suicide, active euthanasia: a call to change the law on the end of life
In a column published in the OBS, nearly a hundred French personalities call for reform of the law on the ...
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End of life: doctors can dismiss advance directives, according to the Constitutional Council
The Constitutional Council confirms that doctors can go against the advance directives concerning the end of life transmitted by a ...
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Terminal cancer: why the death rate is higher on weekends?
Patients suffering from a malignant tumor and being at the end of life die more on Fridays and Saturdays but ...
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Vincent Lambert case: the Paris Court of Appeal orders the resumption of treatment
The Paris Court of Appeal ordered the resumption of care intended to keep Vincent Lambert alive until a UN committee ...
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Vincent Lambert: his “irreversible chronic vegetative state” confirmed by experts
Vincent Lambert's condition, lying on a hospital bed since a car accident in 2008, is not improving as experts confirm ...
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End of life: in Great Britain, 1 in 5 elderly and sick patients do not wish to be resuscitated
According to this study conducted in a large British hospital, only one in five very ill elderly patients choose not ...
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End of life: new recommendations from the Academy of Medicine
The knowledge by health professionals of the provisions adopted for the end of life is still insufficient in France according ...
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End of life: what could the bill on active euthanasia change?
It is this Thursday, April 8 that the National Assembly must examine the bill for a "free and chosen end ...
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End of life: Alain Cocq accepts palliative care
Four days after beginning his agony, Alain Cocq, suffering from an incurable disease, accepted palliative care and still wishes to ...
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Euthanasia refused, Alain Cocq wants to publicize his agony
Suffering from an incurable degenerative orphan disease, Alain Cocq did not obtain the possibility of benefiting from “active assistance” to ...
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“So that he is the last”: François Lambert delivers his version on the case that bears his name
François Lambert, a young lawyer and nephew of Vincent Lambert, released his book "Pour qu'il être le dernier" yesterday, almost ...
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End of life: the High Authority for Health recommends the practice of deep sedation by general practitioners
The High Authority for Health wants general practitioners to be able to prescribe a powerful sedative to support end-of-life patients, ...
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