An Orwellian attempt to orient the debate on the end of life or a necessary exercise in clarity?
The Ministry of Health entrusted Erik Orsenna with writing a lexicon on end-of-life words.
Originally, its publication was scheduled for the end of the year but, given the complexity of the task, the glossary should not be made public until February.
Prohibition to kill against right to choose one's death.
The terms of the end-of-life debate have always been divisive.
The term "euthanasia" is
"felt violently"
, pointed out in November the cabinet of Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, delegate in charge of territorial organization and health professions, and co-pilot of the debate.
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Assisted suicide, deep sedation, unreasonable obstinacy… It is true that many French people are unfamiliar with the subtleties of the law on the end of life.
The writer, accustomed to the exercise of writing dictionaries as an academician, will therefore be responsible for clarifying these terms.
He will be surrounded by nine personalities…
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