SOINS PALLIATIFS ET FIN DE VIE

Since 1998, when palliative care was officially integrated to the health care continuum through the fight against cancer program, many governmental reports pointed out the necessity to establish palliative care programs in order to meet the end-of-life population’s needs in all concerned areas. Ten years later, Quebec’s population doesn’t fully have access to palliative care at the end of life. This article describes the current situation and points out the lack of training of health care professionals in this area as a factor of limitation of access to palliative care for all those who could benefit of them.