Citation

De Castro F, Filho EML, Gonçalves J, Pinheiro PP, Moreira ALG, Macedo CC, Novais MDSMC, Cruz JCM, Fernandes LL, Silveira RT, Neto MLR, Lins HLCC, De Matos Cassiano CJ. Int. Arch. Med. 2015; 8(1).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.3823/1702

PMID

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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Bioethics emerges in oncologic palliative care from the reflections of that care at the end of life for cancer patients are usually inadequate because the individuals has little relief of symptoms, adverse reactions to treatment, threats of physical, social and psychological destruction and loss of functions. Material and Findings: Systematic review in MEDLINE, IBECS, LILACS and SciELO from 1st January, 2006 to 10th January. The search was conducted with the descriptors: "Cuidados Paliativos" (DeCS); "Oncologia" (DeCS); "Morte e Morrer" (Keyword); and "Bioética" (DeCS) during the month of December 2013. The literature points out that physicians should not accept something as absolute truth; and to help them in their choices at the moment comes to bioethics, which does not provide ready answers, but, with its pluralistic view, makes us exercise the capacity for reflection in choosing the best conduits for the patient. It is necessary to rescue more widely the value of the care that was in the background before the search for the cure of diseases, which in a broader sense, encompasses human, spiritual and social aspects. In Brazil, the practice of euthanasia or assisted suicide are illegal conduct that typify the crime of murder, however, the suspension of therapeutic effort is not prohibited (SET), extensively comment, orthothanasia.

CONCLUSION: despite the possible philosophical and ideological differences, it is necessary that health professionals to really take care deaof severe patients, prove conscious and attentive to the rights of the individual, the real meaning of the concepts of health and disease, issues the lack of therapeutic possibilities, extreme old age and death. © Under License of Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Language: en

Keywords

human; systematic review; Review; assisted suicide; Palliative care; death; euthanasia; terminal care; Bioethics; bioethics; cancer palliative therapy; Oncology; dysthanasia; orthothanasia