"I caused patients to die": in a shocking book, Dr. Didier Peillon denounces "the hypocrisy surrounding the end of life"
Portrait In a shocking book, Dr. Didier Peillon admits to having broken the law on end-of-life treatment several times during his long hospital career, killing patients without always obtaining their consent. Suspended by his hospital and the French Medical Association, he explains his actions to the "Nouvel Obs"
Didier Peillon, author of the book "These sick people we help to die" published on September 11, 2025. BLANDINE SOULAGE
This is a shocking book, which should rekindle the debate on the end of life . In a book entitled "These patients whom we help to die" (City Editions) published this Thursday, September 11, Didier Peillon, a doctor in a general medicine department of a hospital in the Lyon region, recounts how he caused the death of patients at the end of their lives, in situations of great suffering and with no hope of recovery, and this, without always having been able to obtain the patient's consent.
In doing so, this former head of an emergency department is exposing himself to criminal prosecution. " We suspended him from his duties as a precautionary measure on Friday, September 12 ," explained the establishment's communications department, " and we have contacted the Ain public prosecutor on behalf of...
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