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END LIFE WISHES [1 record]

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Record 1 2016-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

A desire expressed by a person in relation to the treatments he or she wishes to obtain or not at the end of his or her life.

OBS

last wish; end of life wish; final wish: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • last wishes
  • end of life wishes
  • final wishes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Désir exprimé par une personne concernant les traitements qu'elle souhaite recevoir ou non en fin de vie.

OBS

À distinguer des dernières volontés [...] de quelqu'un, qui sont celles qu'il manifeste avant de mourir pour qu'on les exécute après sa mort.

OBS

volonté de fin de vie : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • volontés de fin de vie

Spanish

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