A photo shows a corridor in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

AFP presents a reportage by photographer Thomas Samson of 31 photos taken in palliative care units; on May 27, 2025, at the Antoine-Beclere AP-HP Hospital in Clamart and June 4, 2025, Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif. Search for all these reportage images using: FRANCE - HEALTH - HOSPITAL - ILLNESS Search 'REPORTAGE ' to source all feature, magazine and photo essays (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A nurse tends to a patient in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A nurse tends to a patient in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A doctor (R) and a nurse (L) speak with a patient while ttending to them in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A nurse tends to a patient in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A doctor (R) and a nurse (L) tend to a patient in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)

A nurse holds hands with a patient while tending to them in the palliative care unit of the Paul-Brousse AP-HP Hospital in Villejuif, near Paris, on June 4, 2025. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)