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Article R4127-37 of the French Public Health Code

In all circumstances, the doctor must endeavour to relieve the patient’s suffering by means appropriate to his condition and provide moral support. He must refrain from any unreasonable obstinacy and may refrain from undertaking or continuing treatment that appears unnecessary, disproportionate or that has no other effect than the artificial maintenance of life.

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Article R4127-37

En toutes circonstances, le médecin doit s’efforcer de soulager les souffrances du malade par des moyens appropriés à son état et l’assister moralement. Il doit s’abstenir de toute obstination déraisonnable et peut renoncer à entreprendre ou poursuivre des traitements qui apparaissent inutiles, disproportionnés ou qui n’ont d’autre effet que le seul maintien artificiel de la vie.

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