A “Good Death” During Coronavirus Disease 2019: Outdoor Terminal Extubation Facilitates Safe Family Presence for a Dying Patient

Crispo, Michelle; Strout, Tania D.; Munzig, Lisa M; Lerwick, Patricia

doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.10.006

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“…The Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, USA, for instance, enabled terminal extubation to occur outside on the hospital grass area, so that relatives could be there with the patient while wearing face coverings and maintaining physical distancing. 87 More controversially, pets should be allowed at the deathbed, while ensuring the safety of other patients. 88 Perhaps even more controversially, several authors have argued that families should have access to patients even in isolation units, while ensuring their safety and public health as much as possible.…”

Section: The Need For Human Touchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dying a lonely death: A conceptual and normative analysis

Lederman

2024

Bioethics

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This paper argues that a lonely death is, by definition, a bad death and that society as a whole, as well as individuals in society are obligated to assure a certain degree of well‐being, flourishing, or care among and for fellow individuals. Individuals can then be said to have a right against dying a lonely death. Such a right has corresponding duties. The paper further specifies what such duties may entail based on what individuals may need on their deathbed, specifically focusing on the need for human touch. Assuming that human touch might indeed be needed by some individuals in order to avoid a lonely death, the paper explores potential implications from a public health perspective, particularly during infectious disease outbreaks such as COVID.

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Section: The Need For Human Touchmentioning

confidence: 99%