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Health: Jonathan Denis, president of the ADMD, advocates “an infusion of palliative culture throughout the medical field”
Health: Jonathan Denis, president of the ADMD, recommends “an infusion of palliative culture throughout the medical field” – (FRANCEINFO)
Guest of 19/20 info from franceinfo, Saturday December 9, Jonathan Denis, president of the ADMD, comments on the announcement of the new bill on the end of life, which will be presented in February.
A new end-of-life bill will be presented in February 2024. This is a new model of care, which will no longer respond to the name “palliative care” but of “supportive care“.
A good thing for Jonathan Denis, president of the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (ADMD), who nevertheless regrets the time wasted. “Every morning, we are told that this project is coming soon. (…) I think that Emmanuel Macron now needs to let go and allow parliamentarians to take up this issue.”he says.
Who to manage end-of-life homes?
Jonathan Denis underlines the wait “millions of French people“about a”opening up the field of possibilities in end-of-life support“. He also believes that it is important to be able to “support requests for active assistance in dying“.
Jonathan Denis approves the creation of end-of-life homes, but here again, questions remain: “Will it be managed privately or publicly? We will have to train caregivers, and we still have 20 departments without a palliative care unit to support the most complex“. According to him, the priority is to “allow an infusion of palliative culture throughout the medical field“.
