Palliative care

Macron announces plans for allowing aid for sick to die in France

Family members may be allowed to administer injections under plans, but doctors have hit back

‘Greedy families pushing an assisted death in France is nonsense’

We speak to the director of a pro-euthanasia group who welcomes the end-of-life legislation review, and we remember campaigner Jacqueline Jencquel

Make end-of-life wishes known with a French ‘living will’

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Assisted dying should be legal, concludes French PM’s citizen debate

184 members of the public were tasked to look into end-of-life care in France by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne

Death came without pain thanks to end-of-life care

It is not something we like to consider but the care we may wish to receive in the final days or weeks of life if suffering from a terminal illness can be recorded in case we cannot express ourselves at the time. Selma Daddi speaks to a reader about the palliative care given to his companion at a hospital in the Charente-Maritime.

Making a ‘living will’ can clarify your dying wishes

French law allows people to make a “living will” to clarify their wishes about medical care if they find themselves terminally ill, near death and unable to express themselves.

Palliative care

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Make end-of-life wishes known with a French ‘living will’

Assisted dying should be legal, concludes French PM’s citizen debate

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