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M.-F. Bacqué, I. Dumont, J. Maclure, P. Guex, L. Fasse, M. Derzelle
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 219-222, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0200
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P. Galmiche, S. Dauchy
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 223-228, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0199
Abstract As of January 31, 2022, ten countries have legislated in favor of active assistance in dying after political, ethical, and social debates. This article reviews the legislative history of these countries (Switzerland, the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and Austria) and describes the framework prescribed by each law to regulate and control the practice of euthanasia or assisted suicide. The aim is to highlight the arguments that are essential for the establishment and implementation of a law, as well as the common eligibility criteria and safeguards, with particular attention paid to the criteria relating… More >

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J. Sainton, M. Derzelle
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 229-233, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0195
Abstract The recent French legislative evolution concerning the end of life, which tends to substitute the procedure for the relationship, raises questions. Today, every question seems to have to be obstinately transformed into a problem to be solved, and therefore to be solved technically. We are evolving in a context marked by the primacy of technique and law over meaning and human relationships. This paradigm, when confronted with our limitations, accentuates the double anguish of the end of life: fear of suffering and fear of dying. It also favors a nominalist understanding of freedom: autonomy is no longer understood as an… More >

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A. Van Lander, A. Bioy, V. Guastella
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 234-242, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0196
Abstract Supporting those around a patient suffering from a serious, progressive, or terminal illness is a legal obligation (Law 99 Art. L.1er B) and requires professionals informed about specific mechanisms. Main objective: discover the family psycho-adaptive mechanisms during the terminal phase. Methods: The method is qualitative from a participant observation in a palliative care inpatient service between January 2016 and January 2020. Results: observation of 649 families reveal specific distresses, a relationship that is both caring and fusional, and a negative pact. family communication about dying is deleterious. Conclusion: it’s essential to adapt palliative care to the functioning of family, the… More >

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J. Phan, V. Laurence, P. Marec-Berard, C. Cordero, C. Riberon, C. Flahault
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 243-252, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0197
Abstract Aims: Adolescents and Young Adults (AYAs) with cancer facing the loss of another AYA with cancer may face a “triple task”: the process of adolescence, psychological adjustment to cancer, and the bereavement process of a sick peer. The aim of this study was to explore the processes underlying the loss of a sick peer in AYAs with cancer.
Procedure: A single interview was submitted to an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), designed to understand the system of meanings attached to a subjective and intimate phenomenon such as bereavement.
Results: Six major themes emerge from the IPA: the life course; the care… More >

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P. Laperle, M. Achille, D. Ummel
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 253-259, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0194
Abstract Oncology and palliative care professionals benefit from considering the effect of euthanasia on their practice. Choosing the circumstances of one’s death is the zeitgeist, which impacts care trajectories. It becomes relevant to examine the influence of anticipated death (euthanasia or natural death) both on the patient and bereaved loved ones’ experience. We propose a relational approach and grief interventions based on the imprints left by death and the relational landscape of bereavement.

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Les soignants en oncologie et en soins palliatifs gagnent à considérer les effets de l’euthanasie sur leur pratique. Choisir les circonstances de sa mort est dans… More >

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D. Gros
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 260-264, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0192
Abstract To fulfill its function as well as possible, medical art requires considering each patient in the totality of his biological and biographical being. However, the medical world faces a model fond of standardization of practices and inclined to give primacy to the requirements of science and machines over those of humans. As health professionals, we all strive daily to preserve a harmonious alliance between science and humanity. We aspire to maintain it, but we are aware of the threats hanging over it. This awareness should encourage us to carry out an interdisciplinary reflection. A multidimensional object, infinitely overflowing the biomedical… More >

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C. Tête
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 265-266, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0198
Abstract The French national centre of palliative and endof-life care (Centre national des soins palliatifs et de la fin de vie) offers each year an updated selection of nearly 200 children’s books for helping adults who accompany children who are seriously ill, facing an end-of-life situation, in mourning, or more simply curious about death. In 2022, 26 books out of the 46 published the previous year related to the themes of serious illness, palliative care, death, and bereavement were chosen by a multi-professional reading committee. The objective of this article is thus to present a brief description of some of these… More >

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M. Laget, L. Fasse, B. Fresneau, E. Ricadat, S. Rivollet
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 267-272, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0190
Abstract As part of the medical follow-up program for adult survivors of childhood cancer at the Institut Gustave Roussy (Villejuif, France), a psychological consultation is offered. This article is based on 198 interviews with patients between the ages of 18 and 67 who were diagnosed between the ages of 0 and 24. These meetings give voice to the subjectivity of cancer and recovery, revealing the traces of this experience afterwards. The issues at stake in the narrative activity initiated in the context of this consultation, and which may continue beyond, are approached from a metapsychological perspective.

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B. Porro, A. Michel, F. Cousson-Gélie
Psycho-Oncologie, Vol.16, No.2, pp. 273-281, 2022, DOI:10.3166/pson-2022-0181
Abstract The aim is to assess the associations between social precariousness, perceived social support, and the return to work (RTW) in the first year following the beginning of adjuvant breast cancer treatment. Sixty-eight breast cancer patients encountered when starting their adjuvant treatment (T0) were followed up at 3 (T1) and 12 months (T2). Friends’ informative support at T0 favours the RTW at T1. Precariousness and negative support at T0 and T2 decrease the likelihood of RTW at T2. RTW support should be offered and tailored at the outset of treatment.

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L’objectif est d’étudier les liens entre précarité sociale, soutien… More >

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