title: [End of life, promoting the collegial procedure].
abstract: The "Leonetti" law introduced the need for a collegial procedure to approach the decision to limit or stop treatment. Collegiality is not easy in daily professional practice. There are cultural and institutional obstacles, specific to caregivers. Interdisciplinary meetings can be put in place in order to support the lead doctor and to ensure the decisions taken are the best for the patient's particular situation.
authors.affiliation: Équipe mobile d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs, centre hospitalier universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46, Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France. Electronic address: sophie.chretien@aphp.fr.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chrétien
authors.affiliation: Équipe mobile d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs, centre hospitalier universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46, Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Dorothée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Moncel
authors.affiliation: Équipe mobile d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs, centre hospitalier universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46, Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Louvel
authors.affiliation: Équipe mobile d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs, centre hospitalier universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46, Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joussellin
authors.affiliation: Équipe mobile d'accompagnement et de soins palliatifs, centre hospitalier universitaire Bichat-Claude Bernard, 46, Rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Serge
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laouenan
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012297:Right to Die / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028761:Withholding Treatment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence
keywords: collegial procedure; end of life; fin de vie; inter-disciplinarity; interdisciplinarité; pratique professionnelle; procédure collégiale; professional practice