End of life: Expert care and support, not physician-hastened death.
Neurology
; 93(17): 729-734, 2019 10 22.
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| ID: mdl-31530709
ABSTRACT
In legal physician-hastened death, a physician prescribes medication with the primary intent of causing the death of a willing terminally ill patient. This practice differs radically from palliative sedation, intended to relieve a patient's suffering rather than cause a patient's death. In this position paper, we argue that the practice of physician-hastened death is contrary to the interests of patients, their families, and the sound ethical practice of medicine. Therefore, the American Academy of Neurology should advise its members against this practice, as it had done until 2018.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Assistência Terminal
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article