Interventions for improve care during withdra...

Article indépendant | CURTIS, Randall J. | JOURNAL OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE | n°supplément 1 | vol.8

Cette revue de littérature porte sur des études centrées sur l'arrêt ou l'abstention thérapeutique en fin de vie, leurs modalités et le suivi des patients. Le premier thème concerne les différences éthiques et morales entre les no...

Ethics and end-of-life care for adults in the...

Article indépendant | CURTIS, Randall J. | The Lancet | n°9749 | vol.376

Afin de poser le problème des soins dispensés en fin de vie dans les services de soins intensifs, les auteurs de cet article présentent, dans un premier temps, les conditions d'admission et de triages dans ces services. Ils défini...

Evaluating the quality of dying and death = E...

Article indépendant | PATRICK, Donald L. | JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT | n°3 | vol.22

Defining and conceptualising the commercial d...

Article indépendant | GILMORE, Anna B. | The Lancet | n°10383 | vol.401

Although commercial entities can contribute positively to health and society there is growing evidence that the products and practices of some commercial actors—notably the largest transnational corporations—are respon...

Redefining vulnerability in the era of Covid-...

Article indépendant | The Lancet | n°10230 | vol.395

What does it mean to be vulnerable? Vulnerable groups of people are those that are disproportionally exposed to risk, but who is included in these groups can change dynamically. A person not considered vulnerable at the outset of ...

What does it mean to be made vulnerable in th...

Article indépendant | AHMAD, Ayesha | The Lancet | n°10235 | vol.395

We read with interest the Editorial about redefining vulnerability in the era of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Editors recognise underserved and marginalised populations enduring the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the cate...

Felicia Marie Knaul : advocate for better pai...

Article indépendant | DAVIES, Rachael | The Lancet | n°10128 | vol.391

The time before her father died of stomach cancer in 1984 had a lasting impact on Felicia Knaul. “Each day brought new and ever-more challenging horrors—bone metastases popping up throughout his body…lungs filli...

Early palliative care for patients with advan...

Article indépendant | ZIMMERMANN, Camilla | The Lancet | n°9930 | vol.383

Background: Patients with advanced cancer have reduced quality of life, which tends to worsen towards the end of life. We assessed the effect of early palliative care in patients with advanced cancer on several aspects of quality ...