title: [Anticipating the end of life, planning for the loss of intellectual autonomy].
abstract: More than ten years after the Leonetti law was passed, the French parliament has definitively adopted legislation granting new rights to people at the end of life. This new legislation is the result of persistent public pressure. French people want to see their wishes respected with regard to their end-of-life care. How and in what conditions should such measures be applied in the case of patients at the end of life and with diminished intellectual autonomy?
authors.affiliation: c/o Soins Gérontologie, Elsevier Masson, 92442 Issy-les-Moulineaux cedex. Electronic address: laurencegouello@talensac.com.
authors.forename: Laurence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gouello
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
keywords: autonomie décisionnelle; autonomy in decision-making; communication; elderly person; information; listening; personne âgée; écoute