Tag: palliative
End of life: “patients in the palliative phase have the impression that they no longer have their place in society”
This Wednesday, April 10, the end-of-life bill will be presented to the Council of Ministers. It authorizes, under conditions, assistance in dying for certain patients who make this request. A…
France promises 1.1 billion more over 10 years for palliative care
Half of the patients who currently need palliative care do not have access to it, due to a lack of human resources and suitable structures. Before the passage of the…
End of life: the call from deputies of all sides to dissociate assisted dying and palliative care
Clarity is a fundamental democratic issue. This is true for all the texts before Parliament; this is essential when it comes to anthropological and ethical issues. However, today, it seems…
Big cut in palliative care during the summer
In more than half of the country’s 21 regions, parts of the specialized palliative care are being closed down this summer. This is shown by TV4 Nyheterna’s mapping – in…
Palliative care: the recommendations of the Court of Auditors to “strengthen” the means outside the hospital
Relieving suffering and maintaining the quality of life of patients suffering from a handicap or a potentially fatal serious pathology: these are the objectives of palliative care. An essential issue…
Jimmy Carter receives palliative care at his home
In a statement, the Carter Center writes that Jimmy Carter “has decided that the time he has left he wants to spend in his home with his family.” The Carter…
End of life: two thirds of French people do not have access to palliative care
News Published on 09/12/2022 at 6:59 p.m. Updated 09/12/2022 at 6:59 p.m. Reading 3 mins. Started on December 9, the Citizens’ Convention on the end of life will not only…
Pelé: placed in palliative care, his critical condition?
PELE. Legend of Brazilian football, Pelé would have been admitted to palliative care, according to the revelations of a São Paulo media this Saturday, December 3. The 82-year-old former striker…
Football legend Pelé receives palliative care
About a year ago, Brazilian icon Pelé had to have surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his colon and has since been treated with chemotherapy. Earlier this week, Pelé…
End of life: stages, palliative care, home, hospital
Affected by a serious and incurable disease, in an advanced or terminal phase, and without hope of recovery, a person is said to be “at the end of life”. She…