Citation

Espínola-Nadurille M, Sánchez-Barroso JA, Páez-Moreno R, Sánchez-Guzmán MA, Ramírez-Bermúdez J. Acta Bioeth. 2014; 20(1): 41-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Programa Regional de Bioética de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de la Salud)

DOI

10.4067/S1726-569X2014000100005

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Aims: Description of a clinical case addressed by using a bioethical focus.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Relevant facts were clarified and moral problems were identified by moral deliberation; main ethical problem was selected and courses of action were suggested.

RESULTS and conclusions: In this clinical case the most prudent solution was justified paternalism. The practice of moral deliberation is essential since decisions frequently surpass medical techniques and demand the deliberation of moral values.

Language: en

Keywords

Justified paternalism; Lucid suicide; Moral deliberation; Violence and bioethics