Citation

Hassegawa LCU, Rubira MC, Vieira SM, Rubira APA, Katsuragawa TH, Gallo JH, Nunes RML. Rev. Bras. Enferm. 2019; 72(1): 256-264.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Associacao Brasilerira de Enfermagem)

DOI

10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0347

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: to explain the approaches and discussions about the Advance Healthcare Directives spread among health professionals, lawyers and society.

METHOD: bibliographic search in the databases SciELO, LILACS, BDENF, in Portuguese, carried out from December 2017 to January 2018.

RESULTS: 22 articles were considered for analysis with interviews and testimonies of physicians, intensivists and geriatricians, nurses, technicians and Nursing auxiliaries, Medical students, lawyers and Law students.

CONCLUSION: there is a small number of papers on the Advance Healthcare Directives in Brazil, and a wide range of approaches that have not yet been clarified. The theme is not widely spread and little clarified in its essence.

Language: en

Keywords

Bioethics, Personal Autonomy, Right to Die; Bioética, Autonomía Personal, Derecho a Morir; Bioética, Autonomia Pessoal, Direito a Morrer; Directivas Anticipadas; Diretivas Antecipadas; Early Directives; Living Will; Testamentos quanto à Vida; Testamentos sobre la Vida