[Issues and Challenges of End of Life at Home for the Treating Physician].

Palliative care and end of life at home remains a challenge for the general practitioner. The success is related to many factors, including the situation of the patient, his social and family environment, the presence of the various health professionals and the physician's engagement. Beyond the medical-technical skills, he plays a central coordinating role in an interdisciplinary team regularly adjusted according to the patient's evolution.

Human immunodeficiency virus activity in rib allografts.

Purpose: The use of bone allografts involves the risk of transmitting infectious agents from the donor to the recipient as shown by historical surveys. A study was therefore undertaken to test the hypothesis that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity can still be present after the freezing and thawing of ribs taken from an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) patient at autopsy.

Materials And Methods: Rib samples were harvested under sterile conditions and frozen at -80 degrees C.