Letter to the Editor: Palliative Medicine Is Not Dying Medicine
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Regarding the article "Celebrating Life with Joy and Consciousness," VN, June 26, 2025: It is very encouraging to see how palliative care is developing at the Hohenems Regional Hospital (LKH) as a core and throughout the state. Two additional aspects: Early integration of palliative care is necessary and effective. Palliative care does not only occur in the last days or hours. Palliative medicine is not a medicine for dying.
At the end of May, the National Assembly passed a law to develop palliative care. It is expected to be examined in the fall at the Senate. Near Clermont-Ferrand, the Palliative Care Unit of the CHU Gabriel Montpied has 14 beds. This service is far from the cliché of the die.
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