{"id":4105,"date":"2025-05-27T14:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heleneguay.com\/2025\/05\/27\/une-mort-imprevue\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T14:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:06:35","slug":"une-mort-imprevue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heleneguay.com\/en\/2025\/05\/27\/une-mort-imprevue\/","title":{"rendered":"Une mort impr\u00e9vue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Depuis pr\u00e8s de 40 ans, j\u2019accompagne des personnes victimes d\u2019erreurs m\u00e9dicales, d\u2019agressions ou de situations bouleversantes, survenues dans leur vie ou celle d\u2019un proche. Ensemble, nous cheminons jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin du mandat pour faire valoir leurs droits, que ce soit comme victime ou comme personne proche aidante. <\/p>\n<h3>Faire face \u00e0 la mort d\u2019un proche<\/h3>\n<p>Lorsque le mandat met en jeu la mort d\u2019un proche, la douleur, la col\u00e8re, l\u2019incompr\u00e9hension et le d\u00e9sir de v\u00e9rit\u00e9 accompagnent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement le client. De telles situations sont bouleversantes : <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>la mort d\u2019un enfant majeur apr\u00e8s l\u2019administration d\u2019une dose de m\u00e9dicament erron\u00e9ment prescrite lors de son hospitalisation;<\/li>\n<li>celle d\u2019un fils qui s\u2019est enlev\u00e9 la vie, faute d\u2019avoir eu acc\u00e8s \u00e0 un psychologue dans un d\u00e9lai raisonnable;<\/li>\n<li>celle d\u2019un fr\u00e8re atteint de schizophr\u00e9nie, que le chirurgien a refus\u00e9 de revoir apr\u00e8s une r\u00e9duction de fracture, malgr\u00e9 la d\u00e9t\u00e9rioration de son \u00e9tat;<\/li>\n<li>celle d\u2019une \u00e9pouse que le chirurgien n\u2019a pas jug\u00e9 bon de revoir apr\u00e8s une thyro\u00efdectomie, malgr\u00e9 la d\u00e9tresse respiratoire qu\u2019elle exprimait verbalement;<\/li>\n<li>celle d\u2019un parent \u00e2g\u00e9 h\u00e9berg\u00e9 dans un centre de soins de longue dur\u00e9e, d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 des suites d\u2019un \u00e9v\u00e9nement accidentel, telles une chute ou une agression par un r\u00e9sident.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>J\u2019ai pu mesurer l\u2019immense tristesse de la perte d\u2019un \u00eatre cher pour mes clients, et l\u2019importance que rev\u00eat notre r\u00f4le comme professionnel du droit dans l\u2019accompagnement des familles endeuill\u00e9es.<\/p>\n<h3>Lorsqu\u2019une erreur m\u00e9dicale est fatale<\/h3>\n<p>Dans ma pratique, je rencontre des personnes conscientes d\u2019avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 victimes d\u2019une erreur m\u00e9dicale grave, aux cons\u00e9quences probablement fatales. Apprendre qu\u2019un ou une cliente est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e de complications li\u00e9es \u00e0 une intervention chirurgicale planifi\u00e9e est toujours troublant. Certains cas marquants me viennent en m\u00e9moire:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>diagnostic tardif d\u2019un cancer du sein;<\/li>\n<li>transfusion d\u2019une unit\u00e9 de sang infect\u00e9;<\/li>\n<li>hypertension art\u00e9rielle pulmonaire d\u00e9coulant de la prise d\u2019anorexig\u00e8nes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ces exp\u00e9riences restent grav\u00e9es dans ma m\u00e9moire. En avril dernier, un client est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on impr\u00e9vue, ce qui m\u2019a amen\u00e9e \u00e0 \u00e9crire ce texte et \u00e0 r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir sur l\u2019impact \u00e9motionnel de ces situations. <\/p>\n<h3>Les conflits familiaux et leurs effets destructeurs<\/h3>\n<p>Les litiges concernant la nomination d\u2019un repr\u00e9sentant l\u00e9gal peuvent parfois \u00eatre tr\u00e8s difficiles \u00e0 supporter. Il en va ainsi des situations mettant en doute la d\u00e9cision d\u2019une personne proche aidante \u2014 mandataire, \u00e9poux, enfant \u2014 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard de la personne concern\u00e9e, en perte de capacit\u00e9 ou d\u2019int\u00e9grit\u00e9. Les pertes de capacit\u00e9s cognitives et physiques de la personne concern\u00e9e g\u00e9n\u00e8rent de l\u2019anxi\u00e9t\u00e9 et de l\u2019incompr\u00e9hension. Les proc\u00e9dures judiciaires ravivent parfois de vieux reproches et perturbent la personne proche aidante.   <\/p>\n<p>Lorsque l\u2019harmonie r\u00e8gne entre les personnes susceptibles de prot\u00e9ger et repr\u00e9senter la personne concern\u00e9e, et de d\u00e9cider pour elle, et que les documents l\u00e9gaux comme le mandat de protection ou les directives m\u00e9dicales anticip\u00e9es sont clairs, les litiges sont rares. \u00c0 l\u2019inverse, les d\u00e9saccords entre celles-ci exigent souvent une consultation juridique. Celle-ci permet de valider l\u2019approche du client et d\u2019explorer les options possibles. Parfois, le litige se r\u00e9sout; d\u2019autres fois, une intervention juridique est in\u00e9vitable et on se retrouve devant le tribunal. Dans de rares cas, la personne proche aidante abandonne.    <\/p>\n<h3>Une mort impr\u00e9vue, un geste ultime<\/h3>\n<p>\u00c9puisement, d\u00e9couragement\u2026 Il arrive que la seule issue envisag\u00e9e par le client soit un geste fatal, une mort impr\u00e9vue. Des drames de ce type surviennent, bien que rarement, dans ma pratique. Les proc\u00e9dures et d\u00e9marches judiciaires cr\u00e9ent parfois de grandes pressions. Mais plus encore, les conflits familiaux affectent le moral des personnes proches aidantes et sont lourds \u00e0 porter pour elles. En posant un geste fatal, elles nous indiquent qu\u2019elles se sentent incapables de supporter les nouvelles circonstances de leur vie.    <\/p>\n<p>J\u2019en conclus qu\u2019il est impossible de tout pr\u00e9voir. Et qu\u2019il faut continuer de rester \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9coute, d\u2019offrir un soutien ad\u00e9quat aux proches aidants, et de respecter l\u2019autonomie individuelle. Face \u00e0 une situation difficile, il ne faut pas h\u00e9siter \u00e0 consulter pour \u00eatre accompagn\u00e9 dans ces moments \u00e9prouvants.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depuis pr\u00e8s de 40 ans, j\u2019accompagne des personnes victimes d\u2019erreurs m\u00e9dicales, d\u2019agressions ou de situations bouleversantes, survenues dans leur vie ou celle d\u2019un proche. Ensemble, nous cheminons jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin du mandat pour faire valoir leurs droits, que ce soit comme victime ou comme personne proche aidante. 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