ABSTRACT Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy whose initial description is associated with two German authors, Alfons Maria Jakob and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. As polemic as the issue about the Creutzfeldt's merit in the first description of the disease, is his his...
This research reports the use of different diagnostic tests in cattle, naturally infected by Rabies lyssavirus (RABV), and correlates the positivity of the tests with the clinical moment of euthanasia, the intensity of the inflammatory lesion and viral load. It also highlights the possibility of euthanas...
Este artigo discute os três campos assistenciais institucionalizados nas sociedades contemporâneas para cuidados no fim da vida e seus respectivos modelos de morte: a eutanásia/suicídio assistido; a futilidade médica; e a kalotanásia, fundamento do moderno movimento hospice. Analisa, também, de qu...
Introducción: la eutanasia y el suicidio asistido
son temas muy controvertidos en los que además
de las consideraciones morales, las consideraciones
clínicas, legales, políticas, religiosas y éticas juegan
un papel importante. Objetivo: determinar los
aspectos bioéticos relacionados con la eutanasi...
Obstinacy or therapeutic cruelty is a medical practice based on the application of extraordinary and disproportionate methods of life support in terminally ill or irrecoverable patients. It is not without risks and can cause physical, psychological and social damage, which is why this practice is not eth...
Inutilidad Médica/ética,
Cuidados Críticos/ética,
d0194520,
Autonomía Personal,
Toma de Decisiones,
Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Operativos/ética,
Prioridad del Paciente,
Eutanasia,
Reanimación Cardiopulmonar/ética,
Relaciones Médico-Paciente/ética,
Relaciones Profesional-Familia/ética,
Privación de Tratamiento
Abstract: This paper analyzes the opinions on and attitudes towards the end of life among the population residing in Argentina. The data presented are taken from the Second National Survey of Religious Beliefs and Attitudes in Argentina, which was conducted on a multi-stage sample of 2421 cases in 89 dis...
Abstract: In discussions about assisted dying (euthanasia, assisted suicide), those who argue 'against' legalisation often reason from a religious angle, whereas those 'in favour' adopt a secular stance. The Dutch experience is more nuanced: here, euthanasia advocacy largely originated from protestant re...
Resumo "Eutanásia" significa causar óbito rápido e indolor ou não o evitar, visando aliviar o sofrimento do paciente quando a morte é entendida como melhor bem ou menor mal. "Clínica ampliada" diz respeito à expansão do objeto de interesse clínico, ocupando-se não apenas da doença, mas também...
Resumo O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o conhecimento de médicos de unidades de terapia intensiva de Campo Grande/MS acerca dos conceitos de eutanásia, distanásia e ortotanásia. A pesquisa, transversal e qualiquantitativa, envolveu 80 médicos que responderam a um questionário autoaplicável c...