The recently re-elected President of the Republic indicated in his program his desire to implement a citizens' convention on the end of life.
This mode of citizen dialogue should make it possible to grasp the issues and the complexities of a subject that affects us all.
As caregivers, the end of life concerns us in particular, whether we work in the hospital, at home, in nursing homes or in any other medico-social structure directly concerned.
This draft citizens' convention challenges us and obliges us.
Our responsibility vis-à-vis French society and its elected representatives is to commit ourselves to this as seriously as possible.
Our daily presence with sick people and their loved ones underpins our legitimacy.
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