Vincent Lambert: the parents are appealing the release of Doctor Sanchez
Vincent Lambert's mother challenges the decision to release Dr. Sanchez, prosecuted for "non-assistance to a person in danger" after ordering ...
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End of life: large movement of support for the general practitioner indicted for “involuntary homicide”
Manifesto, petition, open letter... many health professionals support Jean Méheut-Ferron, general practitioner indicted for manslaughter for having prescribed Midazolam to ...
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The Federation of Doctors calls for the right to administer a sedative to end-of-life patients
In an interview with Le Parisien, the president of the Federation of Physicians of France claims the right to be ...
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One in ten people had a depressive episode before they died
Symptoms of depression often intensify in the months before death. All ages of life can be marked by the onset ...
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End of life: what does the Leonetti law say?
After a long legal battle between his wife and his parents, Vincent Lambert died on Thursday. The Leonetti law, however, ...
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The death of Vincent Lambert, nine days after the start of the cessation of treatment
Vincent Lambert passed away at 8 a.m. on Thursday, July 11, at the age of 42. The death of this ...
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Lambert case: the Attorney General recommends overturning the decision to resume care
New twist in the Vincent Lambert case: the Attorney General of the Court of Cassation recommends overturning the decision of ...
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Vincent Lambert case: a deputy proposes a hierarchy of the word of relatives
Olivier Falorni, MP for Charente-Maritime, will table a bill to prioritize the word of relatives in the event of a ...
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Vincent Lambert case: the cessation of care began on Monday
The cessation of care administered to Vincent Lambert to keep him alive began on Monday morning. How will the next ...
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Vincent Lambert: the attending physician announces the upcoming cessation of care
The care from which Vincent Lambert benefits will be stopped in the week of May 20. Vincent Sanchez, his attending ...
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Justice validates the cessation of care for Vincent Lambert
The administrative court of Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne) validated the procedure for stopping Vincent Lambert's treatment. He confirms the "unreasonable obstinacy" made ...
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Cancer: ‘I’ve had patients in tears wondering what they’ve done to deserve this’
Dr. Valérie Sugg, oncology psychologist and author of "Cancer: support" (Kawa editions), tells us about her 20 years spent in ...
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End of life: an association seizes the Constitutional Council
An association of families seized the Constitutional Council. She asks him to rule on the collegial procedure for stopping care, ...
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Marwa case: the hospital decided to seize the Council of State
Opposed to the decision to continue treatment, rendered by the Administrative Court of Marseille, the hospital where Marwa is treated ...
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Marwa case: judgment under advisement on the continuation of care
The judges must decide for or against the continuation of care for Marwa, a baby in a coma. They heard ...
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The first euthanasia of a minor took place in Belgium
For the first time since a 2014 law, a minor has been euthanized at his request in Belgium, reports a ...
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End of life: “The right to deep sedation until death is gradually being established”
The Igas drew up an initial assessment of the Claeys-Leonetti law on end of life. She considers that "the two ...
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At 104, the Australian who wanted to end it benefited from an assisted suicide in Switzerland
David Goodall, the 104-year-old Australian scientist, who came to Switzerland to end his life, died Thursday at 12:30 p.m. according ...
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104-year-old Australian man leaves to die in Switzerland: this is how his assisted suicide will unfold
Unable to do so at his home in Australia, 104-year-old scientist David Goodall traveled to Switzerland to legally end his ...
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United Kingdom: little Alfie, hospitalized in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year, has died
Little Alfie Evans, hospitalized in a semi-vegetative state for a year in the United Kingdom, died on Saturday. After a ...
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Euthanasia: 156 deputies demand a text of law “without delay”
156 deputies, including the former Prime Minister Manuel Valls and the ex-ecologist Barbara Pompili published a column on Tuesday to ...
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Bioethics law: opening of the first Citizen Day
Rennes hosts the first citizens' day of the States General of bioethics. An opportunity to participate in the debates?This Saturday, ...
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End of life: the importance of the choice of words to better support patients
How to talk to patients and their families about the end of life? What terms to use? A study from ...
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Adolescent in a coma overwhelmed: the European Court of Human Rights considers that the cessation of care for Inès is compliant
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the cessation of treatment for Inès, a teenage girl in a ...
Read moreThe Council of State validates the cessation of care for the adolescent in an overwhelmed coma. It is up to the doctors to act.
A teenage girl has been in a deep coma since June. The doctors who treat her believe that there is ...
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Advanced breast cancer: talking about death doesn’t kill
Talking about death, continuing treatment, the end of life is not synonymous with being silent and stopping everything. On the ...
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End of life: “our country lives in hypocrisy”
INTERVIEW - More than 50 En Marche deputies, socialists and left-wing radicals, followed Jean-Louis Touraine and signed a bill to ...
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Euthanasia: a French woman regrets having to die in Belgium
Affected by Charcot's disease, the writer decided to resort to euthanasia, and regrets that French legislation does not allow it.In ...
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Palliative care: 14% of the world’s population benefit from it
Those excluded from palliative care live in low- and middle-income countries, and suffer from a lack of training of caregivers ...
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Charlie Gard: parents give up on keeping him alive
Four months after challenging the decision to stop treatment, the parents of 11-month-old Charlie agreed to let him go. The ...
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