Réflexion autour de la place, le rôle et l'impact d'un espace de rencontre entre une équipe mobile de soins palliatifs et des équipes de soins : l'expérience du groupe Ressource soins palliatifs

In health facilities, the supporting palliative care is an integral part of taking comprehensive care of patients with potentially lethal diseases. One of the tasks of mobile teams of palliative care is to assist the teams in place in some complex situations. To achieve this, the mobile team of palliative care may need to be creative: the Palliative Care Resource Group has been designed for such purposes by an intra-hospital mobile team of palliative care. The group aims at: (1) providing care applicants a space for dialogue in which clinical palliative experiences are discussed; (2) comprehending complex situations together and co-constructing a reflection about the palliative practice adapted to the specificities of medical field. In these groups are pooled knowledge, and know-how between “experts” of curative medicine and those of palliative medicine. These exchange time co-facilitated by members of the mobile team of palliative care, use the group dynamics. They are open to all staff in care services and surrounding structures. Palliative Care Resource Groups are now being extended to more services for care of Pays-d'Aix hospital and beyond. Interests are shared between care teams and the mobile team of palliative care. The principle of these groups is applicable in all care services that receive palliative patients in its goals, its operations and its positioning. The common interest is to practice palliative care in health facilities in continuity beyond the dividing lines.