Palliative Care and Assisted Dying: A Comparative Analysis of France and Quebec

A four-panel discussion on a current topic in light of the laws of May 26 and August 18, 2026, coming into effect.

It will offer a multidisciplinary, comparative analysis of France and Quebec from the perspectives of law, ethics, and medicine.

Speakers:

• Prof. Anne-Marie Savard (Faculty of Law, Laval University - Quebec)
• Dr. Marie Bourgouin (IUCT Oncopole) 
• Prof. Bettina Couderc (IUCT Oncopole Ethics Committee) 
• Lucie SOURZAT (Toulouse Law School—Research, UT Capitole, IDETCOM) 
• With the participation of Maryline Bruggeman (Toulouse Law School-Research, UT Capitole, IDP).

Conference co-organized by the Ethics Committee of the Toulouse University Cancer Institute (UCT)-Oncopole & the Toulouse-Recherche School of Law - University of Toulouse Capitole, the Institute for the Law of Space, Territories, Culture, and Communication (Idetcom) and the Institute of Private Law (IDP).

This event is open to all healthcare and research professionals, as well as all students.

Learn more:
https://www.ut-capitole.fr/home/research/research-units-and-structures/…