Vincent Lambert: the doctors will have to resume the collegial procedure
The highest French court considers the suspension of the procedure to stop treatment illegal. Doctors from the Reims University Hospital ...
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Vincent Lambert case: the Council of State must again rule
The Council of State must decide for the second time on keeping Vincent Lambert alive. His nephew is asking for ...
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United Kingdom: ECHR authorizes stopping care of a baby
The European Court of Human Rights has authorized the end of life support for a baby with a rare disease.Little ...
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End of life: the Constitutional Council fills a legal void
The Constitutional Council ruled in favor of doctors, who are strengthened in their decision-making power. It matches this function with ...
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Chemotherapy: justice allows a child to refuse it
In the legal battle between him and his father, a Dutch court ruled in favor of 12-year-old David, who refused ...
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Me, Minister of Health: “Research on end of life and palliative care will be helped”
Before the first round of the presidential election, 5 personalities project themselves as Minister of Health. Prof. Régis Aubry provides ...
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England: justice authorizes the end of care on a baby
The courts have authorized the cessation of care for a baby with a rare disease, against the advice of his ...
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Euthanasia: Anne Bert forced to go to Belgium
Affected by Charcot's disease, Anne Bert decided to go to Belgium to be euthanized. Before this act, she challenges the ...
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Vincent Lambert will stay at the Reims University Hospital
The Reims Court of Appeal rejected the request of Vincent Lambert's parents to transfer their son from the Reims University ...
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Marwa case: the Council of State expected at the end of life
The authority will study the case of Marwa, a baby plunged into a comas whose fate opposes the family to ...
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End of life: “Focusing everything on the comfort of the child”
INTERVIEW - The decision to stop caring for a child at the end of life can generate conflicts between caregivers ...
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End of life: the French invited to write their advance directives
The French are poorly informed about the rights afforded by the new law on the end of life. The Ministry ...
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End of life: a campaign to explain the new rights
The end-of-life law changed in February 2016. A year later, the Ministry of Health launched an information campaign aimed at ...
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Netherlands: 350 doctors against euthanasia of demented patients
More than 350 Dutch practitioners have signed a petition calling for a ban on euthanasia of demented patients, made possible ...
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Marwa case: doctors must maintain artificial coma
Little Marwa, still in a coma, will continue to receive care. The Administrative Court of Marseille ruled on Wednesday.This is ...
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Vincent Lambert: the parents attack the Reims University Hospital
The parents of Vincent Lambert, plunged into a vegetative state, have lodged a complaint against the Reims University Hospital for ...
Read moreVincent Lambert: parents’ complaint against the Reims University Hospital
The parents of Vincent Lambert, plunged into a vegetative state, have lodged a complaint against the Reims University Hospital for ...
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Marwa disease: an ethical dilemma for experts
The evolution of Marwa's disease, a one-year-old child hospitalized in Marseille whose parents refuse to stop treatment, will lead to ...
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Cancer: a routine test to assess the length of survival
Using a blood test, Japanese doctors were able to predict the survival time of cancer patients at the end of ...
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End of life: a campaign to inform caregivers
The conditions for supporting the end of life have changed. To inform health professionals, a campaign is organized by the ...
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Vincent Lambert: justice confirms the guardianship of his wife
The Court of Cassation rejected this Thursday, December 8 the appeal of the parents of Vincent Lambert against the guardianship ...
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41-year-old alcoholic used euthanasia to stop suffering
In the Netherlands, a 41-year-old man was granted the right to be euthanized on the grounds that he no longer ...
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End of life: 9 out of 10 French people do not know the law
The French are overwhelmingly in favor of an evolution of the legislation on the end of life, even if they ...
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Marseille: a father refuses to stop treatment for his daughter
Mohamed Bouchenafa fights to prevent doctors from interrupting the care that keeps his daughter alive. He seized in summary the ...
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Assistance in dying: Jean Mercier released by the Lyon Court of Appeal
Jean Mercier, 88, was on appeal in Lyon for helping his sick wife Josianne to die in 2011. He has ...
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Organ donation law: the number of transplants will increase
INTERVIEW - At the origin of a controversial amendment on organ donation, the deputy and transplanter Jean-Louis Touraine welcomes the ...
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End of life: new patient rights come into effect
Three regulatory texts published in the Official Journal allow patients at the end of their life to request "deep and ...
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Conscience clause: pharmacists’ unions demand its withdrawal
The conscience clause proposed by the Order of Pharmacists to these professionals is controversial. The dispensary unions, the FSPF and ...
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Vincent Lambert: the Reims University Hospital will resume the collegial procedure
The Reims University Hospital does not intend to appeal in cassation of the court decision ordering it to give the ...
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Vincent Lambert: doctors can restart the procedure for stopping treatment
Justice has ruled: the Reims University Hospital will be able to initiate a new procedure for stopping care for Vincent ...
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