[The law number 2005-370 of April 22, 2005 concerning the patients' rights at the end of life: a case of prehospital medicine].
The law number 2005-370 of April 22, 2005 concerning the patients' rights at the end of life imposes from now the refusal of futility of care, a shared decision-making in unconscious patients and the duty of a palliative strategy. Our observation underlines the feasibility to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatments in prehospital area, in following the different steps of the legal decision-making process. However, this case also shows the major difficulty to decide, because of a lack of traceability. Finally, this case illustrates the current difficulty to identify or to join the consultant, provided by the law.
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Service d'anesthésie-réanimation Samu 94, université Paris XII, hôpital Henri-Mondor, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 51, avenue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny, 94010 Créteil cedex, France.
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010166:Palliative Care; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*