Défaut de continuité de la prise en charge médicale en fin de vie au domicile

The causes of medical abandonment in at home end of life situations are numerous: patients are not informed of the end of curative possibilities, preventing the anticipation of the palliative care needs at home; default of communication between hospital and city-based professionals; absence or weak involvement of the general practitioner; withdrawal of the hospital physician when there is no longer a curative possibility; lack of financial resources of the local actors. This article suggests a few recommendations to improve the situation.