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Pont-à-Mousson. Immersed in the hospital: behind the doors of a palliative care unit

Pont-à-Mousson. Immersed in the hospital: behind the doors of a palliative care unit

The Pont-à-Mousson hospital has five designated palliative care beds. Dr. Elodie Masnada discusses her daily life, combining comfort care, careful medical decisions, and constant listening.

"Hello, Mrs. B. How are you today?" The patient tries to articulate a few words weakly, speechless. "Are all the treatments and tubes bothering you? If you can't stand them anymore, we can try removing them and see what happens," suggests Dr. Élodie Masnada, feeling the stomach cancer patient's abdomen.

Mrs. B remains silent. Then suddenly, in a barely audible whisper, she says, "A bit weird, all that." "Why?" "Because..." "What's weird?"

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