Preferencias de tratamiento de soporte vital en condiciones críticas de salud

Barrio-Cantalejo, Inés M.; Toral-López, Isabel; Carmona-Rega, Inés; Carmona, Á.; Quesada-Lupiáñez, Paula; Velasco-Rodríguez, Manuel José; Martínez-Cruz, Encarnación

doi:10.1016/s1130-8621(08)75850-9

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“…Spanish surveys showed that acceptance of euthanasia in the specific case of terminal illness has been over 60% since 1995 [35,135,136], higher among younger population groups [137], and reaching 81% in 2009 [35]. Spanish studies also demonstrated that the majority of the population was opposed to the use of life support measures in a situation of serious disease with no possibility of recovery [35,52,138].…”

Section: Medical Eol Decisionsmentioning

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End-of-life care across Southern Europe: A critical review of cultural similarities and differences between Italy, Spain and Portugal

Meñaca

Evans

Andrew

et al. 2012

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Evidence from a range of sources demonstrates that end-of-life (EoL) care practices and preferences vary across countries; culture is consistently one of the main explanations given for this. In order to understand how cultural factors are used to explain similarities and differences in EoL care between Spain, Italy and Portugal, database and hand searches were performed and cross-cutting core themes identified. Similarities included higher proportions of people who wished to die at home than actually died at home, a persistent trend for partial disclosure in Italy and Spain, low use of advance directives, and low incidence of all medical EoL decisions (with the exception of terminal sedation) compared to northern European countries. The role of religion and the importance of family ties were the two main cultural factors used to explain the similarities. Further research is needed in order to interpret the important differences that were also found.

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Section: Medical Eol Decisionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

End-of-life care across Southern Europe: A critical review of cultural similarities and differences between Italy, Spain and Portugal

Meñaca

Evans

Andrew

et al. 2012

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

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Roma Women’s Perspectives on End-of-Life Decisions

Peinado-Gorlat¹,

Castro-Martínez²,

Arriba-Marcos³

et al. 2015

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Spain's Roma community has its own cultural and moral values. These values influence the way in which end-of-life decision-making is confronted. The objective of this study was to explore the perspective of Roma women on end-of-life decision-making. It was a qualitative study involving thirty-three Roma women belonging to groups for training and social development in two municipalities. We brought together five focus groups between February and December 2012. Six mediators each recruited five to six participants. We considered age and care role to be the variables that can have the most influence on opinion regarding end-of-life decision-making. We considered the discussion saturated when the ideas expressed were repeated. Data analysis was carried out according to five steps: describing, organizing, connecting, corroborating/legitimating, and representing the account. The main ideas gleaned from the data were as follows: (1) the important role of the family in end-of-life care, especially the role of women; (2) the large influence of community opinion over personal or family decisions, typical of closed societies; (3) the different preferences women had for themselves compared to that for others regarding desired end-of-life care; (4) unawareness or rejection of advance directives. Roma women wish for their healthcare preferences to be taken into account, but "not in writing." The study concluded that the success of end-of-life healthcare in Roma families and of their involvement in the making of healthcare decisions depends upon considering and respecting their idiosyncrasy.

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