[The advanced practice nurse in a supportive care department: The missing link?].

Introduction: Cancer has become a chronic disease thanks to therapeutic evolutions and justifies the early integration of supportive care in the management. The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) was created to respond to the increase in the number of patients followed in the long term. The objective of this study is to identify the place and expected missions of an APN within a multidisciplinary supportive care team.

[What support for requests to return to the country of origin of migrant patients in a palliative situation?].

Requests for return to the country of origin of palliative patients are not exceptional and cause many difficulties for caregivers. This article provides a narrative review of the literature to examine the practical difficulties in dealing with these requests and to identify ways to overcome them. The return to the country of origin requires a medical assessment of both the conditions of the trip and the coordination with the teams that will take over the care of the patient.