ABSTRACT
The act of dying has changed in response to social changes accompanying scientific and technologic progress. Increasingly, at least in the Western world, people are dying withing strange medical establishments without the support of their loved ones and without and opportunity to take part in decisions relating to their own deaths. This article deals with the serious personal and social distress arising from this state of affairs and describes the emerging role of bioethics as a discipline seeking to develop options that are more humane
Available in Spanish in Bol. Oficina Sanit. Panam 108(5/6):465-72, 1990
Subject(s)
Bioethics , Ethics, Medical , Attitude to Death , Patient Advocacy , Euthanasia, Passive , Right to DieABSTRACT
The act of dying has changed in response to social changes accompanying scientific and technologic progress. Increasingly, at least in the Western world, people are dying withing strange medical establishments without the support of their loved ones and without and opportunity to take part in decisions relating to their own deaths. This article deals with the serious personal and social distress arising from this state of affairs and describes the emerging role of bioethics as a discipline seeking to develop options that are more humane
Subject(s)
Bioethics , Ethics, Medical , Attitude to Death , Patient Advocacy/standards , Euthanasia, Passive/psychology , Right to Die/legislation & jurisprudenceABSTRACT
KIE: The widespread belief that doctors should use all technological resources available to prolong the lives of their patients, in some cases against the wishes of patients and immediate family members, has created a heated debate over the termination of treatment in Colombia. Other biomedical issues include organ transplantation and the definition of death, which have been clarified by a 1986 decree by the Secretary of Health defining death as the irreversible absence of "all functions in the encephalic area," as distinguished from organic death throughout the body.^ieng
Subject(s)
Bioethical Issues , Bioethics , Brain Death , Death , Ethics, Medical , Euthanasia, Passive , Academies and Institutes , Codes of Ethics , Colombia , Delivery of Health Care , Education, Medical , Ethics, Professional , Humans , Tissue Donors , Tissue and Organ Procurement , Treatment RefusalABSTRACT
Morir dignamente para la Iglesia significa que el paciente tienen derecho a la informacion y derecho a renunciar a un tratamiento.
Subject(s)
Humans , Attitude to Death , Religion and MedicineABSTRACT
Publicado también como Publicación Científica No. 527
