Intensive Care Medicine experiences its best time. As Gracia says, “intensive care has come of age.” Nobody questions such advances for patients that were considered hopeless days ago. However, it also gives some dizzying the change that has been made in the death management of such patients: the transition from a “natural” death to death “ruled by man.” In this context, concepts take on new meaning as euthanasia, dysthanasia, futility, quality of life, dying with dignity and especially, the concept of retirement or limitation of life-sustaining treatment. This article discusses the ethical problems generated by implementing the limitations of life-sustaining treatment protocols in Intensive Care Units. The article is divided into 4 parts: ...
11 páginasAn effort to address the bioethical issues inherent in the process of dying requires a foc...
Cuidados paliativos: solución ética acorde con la dignidad humana al final de la vidaCuidados paliat...
With the advancement of technology it was possible to prolong the process of life/death of the pat...
One of the main problems of clinical bioethics related to the end of life is the limits to therapeut...
Objetivo: Avaliar os modos de morte e fatores associados à limitação de suporte de vida em três unid...
An effort to address the bioethical issues inherent in the process of dying requires a focus on the ...
The concept of dignified death or a good death has been widespread among health professionals, who r...
Objective: To think, from the perspective of patients, families and health professionals. on the ext...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar os modos de morte e fatores associados à limitação de suporte de vida em três unid...
The role of Intensive Care Units is to support the insufficiency of the organs of critically ill pat...
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Analisar e discutir os aspectos médicos relacionados a terminalidade e cu...
Facing the end of life, achieving a good death requires such genuinely human needs that science and ...
During the XX century, arise new techniques and drugs that can prolong life. However, an unreasonabl...
Dissertação (mestrado)-Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 2010.Nos dias atuai...
La medicina crítica atraviesa sus mejores momentos. Como afirma Gracia, “los cuidados intensivos han...
11 páginasAn effort to address the bioethical issues inherent in the process of dying requires a foc...
Cuidados paliativos: solución ética acorde con la dignidad humana al final de la vidaCuidados paliat...
With the advancement of technology it was possible to prolong the process of life/death of the pat...
One of the main problems of clinical bioethics related to the end of life is the limits to therapeut...
Objetivo: Avaliar os modos de morte e fatores associados à limitação de suporte de vida em três unid...
An effort to address the bioethical issues inherent in the process of dying requires a focus on the ...
The concept of dignified death or a good death has been widespread among health professionals, who r...
Objective: To think, from the perspective of patients, families and health professionals. on the ext...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar os modos de morte e fatores associados à limitação de suporte de vida em três unid...
The role of Intensive Care Units is to support the insufficiency of the organs of critically ill pat...
JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Analisar e discutir os aspectos médicos relacionados a terminalidade e cu...
Facing the end of life, achieving a good death requires such genuinely human needs that science and ...
During the XX century, arise new techniques and drugs that can prolong life. However, an unreasonabl...
Dissertação (mestrado)-Universidade de Brasília, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, 2010.Nos dias atuai...
La medicina crítica atraviesa sus mejores momentos. Como afirma Gracia, “los cuidados intensivos han...
11 páginasAn effort to address the bioethical issues inherent in the process of dying requires a foc...
Cuidados paliativos: solución ética acorde con la dignidad humana al final de la vidaCuidados paliat...
With the advancement of technology it was possible to prolong the process of life/death of the pat...