title: [The end of life in a long-term care unit].
abstract: Following the principles of Leonetti's Law and to improve practices in long-term care units, caregivers decided to create a decision aid to help in the process to determine whether to limit care, adapted to the profile of the unit's residents. The aid is the fruit of a collective and ethical approach which helps caregivers decide on the action to take in the event of an acute crisis and enables the patient to express their wishes concerning the end of life.
authors.affiliation: Hôtel-Dieu du Centre hospitalier de Bourg-en-Bresse, France. pauline.palanchon@neuf.fr
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bailly
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D005602:France; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D018447:Medical Futility / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence