French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Sunday March 10 that a bill on “assisted dying’ will be presented to the Council of Ministers in April. But what distinguishes it from euthanasia or assisted suicide? RFI takes stock.
In France, the Claeys-Leonetti law of 2016 allows deep and continuous sedation. To do this, the patient is injected with intravenously midol. With the estimate that death occurs around a week, this is currently the only legal way to bring the patient towards the end of life in France.