title: [Anticipating the end of life].
abstract: For patients at the end of life, caregivers must sometimes make choices between prolonging life and quality of life. There are several tools to assist in the decision-making process and the implementation, notably with regard to the limiting of active treatment. The issues to consider include limiting or stopping treatment, Leonetti's law with advance directives and the fight against unreasonable obstinacy and, more recently, the "mandate for future protection". The patient must always remain the focus and be allowed to express their wishes, if they want to, directly or with the help of a third party.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital ambroise-Paré, Boulogne Billancourt, France.
authors.forename: Amélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aregui
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Naline
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daire
authors.forename: Adèle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Malherbe
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Teillet
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moulias
authors.forename: Tristan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cudennec
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D000368:Aged; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016312:Treatment Refusal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence