A Milena: un ensayo de medicina narrativa / A letter to Milena: a narrative medicine assay
Rev. méd. Chile
;
129(6): 685-7, jun. 2001.
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-295401
ABSTRACT
Narrative medicine is becoming an increasingly popular way of communicating medical problems. This a letter that the author sends to a recently deceased patient. He describes his apprehensions on the use of invasive forms of diagnosis or treatments and the use of repeated hospital admissions in the context of a chronic and progressive disease. He also discusses the use of methods to "accelerate" death in suffering patients. He finally describes the dignity of his patient to face a chronic and debilitating condition
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Main subject:
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
/
Ethics, Medical
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
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