La personne de confiance est un lien pour le patient et le médecin généraliste

Professionals’ perspectives on trusted persons in French nursing homes

“…Most published papers collect data in hospitals. Two out of 34 papers have a part of their data from nursing homes: Degois et al (2015) and Pavageau et al (2019). Degois et al (2015) in a mixed study, collect data from a retirement home belonging to an intercommunal hospital.…”

“…In these instances, it is essential to systematically propose the designation of a trusted person and to actively seek out and develop advance directives. Pavageau et al (2019) explored two main research areas: general practitioners' (GPs) perspectives on health care surrogates and patients' experiences in selecting a health care surrogate. The objective was to understand and compare these experiences.…”

“…These ndings align with previous research in other settings. For instance, general practitioners acknowledge the role of trusted persons in assisting during medical appointments and in patient decision-making(Pavageau et al, 2019). Trusted persons help cancer patients in hospitals remain active in medical decision-making (Martinez-Tapia et al, 2018) by retrieving information about the disease to discuss medical details, support patient decisions, and better interact with doctors (Tadrart et al, 2012; Sarradon-Eck et al, 2016).…”