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Ethical issues arising from the requirement to sign a consent form in palliative care.

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French healthcare networks aim to help healthcare workers to take care of patients by improving cooperation, coordination and the continuity of care. When applied to palliative care in the home, they facilitate overall care including medical, social and psychological aspects. French legislation in 2002 required that an information document explaining the functioning of the network should be given to patients when they enter a healthcare network. The law requires that this document be signed. Ethical issues arise from this legislation with regard to the validity of the signature of dying patients. Signature of the consent form by a guardian or trustee, a designated person--the Person of Trust--transforms the doctor-patient relationship into a triangular doctor-patient-third-party relationship.

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inserm-00270886 , version 1 (07-04-2008)

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Isabelle Plu, Irène Purssell-François, Grégoire Moutel, Françoise Ellien, Christian Hervé. Ethical issues arising from the requirement to sign a consent form in palliative care.. Journal of Medical Ethics, 2008, 34 (4), pp.279-80. ⟨10.1136/jme.2006.019075⟩. ⟨inserm-00270886⟩

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