2016
DOI: 10.1590/1983-80422016241106
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Vida e morte na UTI: a ética no fio da navalha

Abstract: This article seeks to address some ethical issues experienced on the borders of life and death in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). These are special places in hospitals, where there is the mandatory presence of cutting-edge medical technology and support for the preservation of life of a patient in a critical condition or risk. It is in this complex context that difficult ethical issues emerge: there are no objective criteria for admissions to the ICU, ICUs can be overcrowded with patients without diagnosis and th… Show more

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“…Embora ressaltemos que a busca pela ação mais correta possa ser provocativa: Vale lembrar, nesse contexto de decidir de acordo com o "clima moral imperante", que o papa João Paulo II, canonizado pela Igreja Católica,"ao perceber que sua vida chegava ao momento final, diz não à proposta de voltar para o Hospital Gemelli, de Roma. Ele se recusa e simplesmente implora: 'Deixem-me partir para o Senhor'" 15 (p.60). Percebemos que, nos Centros de Terapia Intensiva, ocorre uma tangível luta entre o organismo doente e os recursos da medicina curativa, como num "cabo de guerra".…”
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“…Embora ressaltemos que a busca pela ação mais correta possa ser provocativa: Vale lembrar, nesse contexto de decidir de acordo com o "clima moral imperante", que o papa João Paulo II, canonizado pela Igreja Católica,"ao perceber que sua vida chegava ao momento final, diz não à proposta de voltar para o Hospital Gemelli, de Roma. Ele se recusa e simplesmente implora: 'Deixem-me partir para o Senhor'" 15 (p.60). Percebemos que, nos Centros de Terapia Intensiva, ocorre uma tangível luta entre o organismo doente e os recursos da medicina curativa, como num "cabo de guerra".…”
Section: Procurando Soluções "Convergéticas" Para Os Conflitosunclassified
“…Given this reality, cancer mortality rates are high and death largely takes place in hospitals, particularly intensive care units. (1,2) Although health professionals undergo situations permeated with risk and uncertainty, tied to the dialogue of life and death, palliative measures in this regard are essential. This is especially the case in ICUs where death assumes its pathological nature, to the detriment of the natural inclination of the unit in favor of life, in that the evolution of science and the collective and political consciousness have been focused on fighting against death.…”
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“…This is especially the case in ICUs where death assumes its pathological nature, to the detriment of the natural inclination of the unit in favor of life, in that the evolution of science and the collective and political consciousness have been focused on fighting against death. (2) The conflict between critical care and palliative care occurs against the backdrop of this paradigm, especially when dealing with death processes in end-of-life care that require decisions regarding therapeutic limits. Although the characteristics of cancer can facilitate its prognosis based on the progressive decline in the patient's clinical conditions during this final stage of life, insistence on therapeutic intervention is not uncommon in ICUs.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…As a result of these difficulties in accepting the limitation of curative efforts, dysthanasia is practiced 14,15 . Considered therapeutic obstination or therapeutic futility, it is a controversial subject in the field of bioethics, being described in the dictionary of bioethics as a difficult or distressing death, 16 as its practice prolongs the suffering of the terminal patient without entailing any therapeutic benefit 14,17 .…”
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