La muerte cerebral y su significado / Brain death and its meaning
Rev. chil. pediatr
; 78(4): 355-362, ago. 2007.
Article
in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
The diagnosis of brain death is considered in Occidental World as a new way of being dead. Nevertheless, in our country, this concept has not been completely accepted by the general population neither by health workers. In our experience, a significant percentage of the professionals working in pediatric services believe that a child in brain death is not dead. Considering this situation it seems very important that pediatric services should receive special training about the meaning of this condition. Those professionals that do not accept brain death, as the death of the individual should be allowed to stay away from any decision concerning that child. The Chilean Legislation is reviewed and an ethical analysis is also done.
RESUMEN
El diagnóstico de muerte cerebral es considerado en el Mundo Occidental como una nueva forma de estar muerto. Este concepto, en nuestro medio no está completamente incorporado tanto en la población general como en el equipo de salud. En nuestra experiencia un porcentaje significativo de profesionales de servicios pediátricos consideran que un niño en muerte cerebral, no ha fallecido. Considerando esta situación se estima que debería hacerse una capacitación en los servicios sobre esta condición y permitir que aquellos profesionales que no acepten la muerte cerebral como equivalente a la muerte del individuo puedan no verse involucrados en las decisiones que se adopten con estos niños. Se revisa la Legislación Chilena y se hace un análisis ético de la muerte cerebral.
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Database:
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Main subject:
Brain Death
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Ethics, Medical
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Aspects:
Ethical aspects
Limits:
Child
/
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. chil. pediatr
Journal subject:
Pediatrics
Year:
2007
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Chile
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Valparaíso/CL