Abstract
This article gives an account of a visit to palliative care services in France and identifies the benefits to be gained from the cross-fertilisation of ideas from a different European culture. Most of the challenging issues around terminal illness and death are experienced by the French, but palliative care provision has not been developed and established within the health-care system to the extent that it has in Britain. The role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in palliative care in France closely matches the role of the palliative care CNS in Britain. Nurse-led community teams in France have the potential to develop specialist care practice in a way that will maximise the nursing role, enhance patient care and disseminate the principles of good practice.
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