Derecho a morir: un debate actual
| Autor: | Armando Ortiz P, Juan Pablo Beca I, Sebastián Solar P |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Euthanasia passive media_common.quotation_subject Human life Right to die Proportionality (law) General Medicine Limiting Surgery Distress Premature death Suicide assisted medicine Ethic Euthanasia active Withdrawing Treatments Intensive care medicine business Duty media_common |
| Zdroj: | Revista médica de Chile v.133 n.5 2005 SciELO Chile CONICYT Chile instacron:CONICYT |
| ISSN: | 0034-9887 |
| DOI: | 10.4067/s0034-98872005000500014 |
| Popis: | The Right to Die is a debatable issue and some basic notions needto be clarified to discuss it. Death needs to be recognized as part of human life. The goal ofmedicine is to avoid pain and alleviate suffering, to prevent premature death and when this isnot possible, to let it occur peacefully. The concept of euthanasia is unclear, which increases theconfusion on end-of-life topics. The term euthanasia should be used only when referring tomedical acts performed to produce the patient’s death, with the intention of terminating his/hersuffering. It is what is usually called “active” euthanasia, which can be voluntary orinvoluntary. It is essential to understand the difference between producing and allowing death.This will permit timely decisions about limiting or withdrawing treatments, that can bedisproportionate or that are only prolonging suffering. Limiting treatments does not mean toabandon the patient but rather to redefine his needs, such as pain treatment, prevention ofcomplications, and relief of suffering. The ethic rationale for these decisions is the respect to thedignity of human life, and the estimation of proportionality or futility of each treatment. Thephysician’s duty with the patient at the end of his life is to assist him in dying according to hisvalues and to minimize his distress (Rev Med Chile 2005; 133: 601-6).( |
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