In France, 21 departments still lack palliative care units. Emmanuel Macron has positioned himself for "assisted dying" which should allow certain patients, under "strict conditions", to receive a "lethal substance" Europe 1 went to Gardanne within the structure The House which welcomes and takes care of people at the end of their lives.
The House is a place of care, but above all a place where the last days are gentler for the sick and their loved ones. "My mother, who suffers from terminal cancer, was afraid of being in the state she is in today," says a resident.