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- Title
Percepción de la eutanasia por parte de los profesionales sanitarios.
- Authors
Alves Silva, Amanda Aparecida; Mendes Pestana, Fernanda Kelly; Cardoso Rocha, Fernanda; Meira Rios, Bruna Roberta; Almeida Aquino, Artur; Gonçalves Sobrinho, João Fabio; Micaelle Alves, Joyce; Parrela Piris, Álvaro
- Abstract
Euthanasia, which originally means "good death" or "painless death", is a practice aimed at relieving suffering and ending the pain of the terminally ill patient. This study was designed to understand Intensive Care Unit health workers' feelings and perceptions about euthanasia. This is a retrospective, descriptive and qualitative analysis research conducted with 23 workers at the University Hospital of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, through structured interviews interpreted from content analysis. The interviewees demonstrated prior knowledge of euthanasia, and their discourses evidenced perceptions of social, moral, ethical and technical aspects. Euthanasia is a matter of great complexity, much discussed worldwide. It is necessary to explore the legalization issue, as well as the impacts of implementing such practice on the life of the sick patient, as well as for society as a whole.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; SENSORY perception; TERMINALLY ill; QUALITATIVE research; SOCIAL perception; UNIVERSITY of Colorado Hospital; INTENSIVE care units; QUALITATIVE chemical analysis
- Publication
Revista Bioetica, 2020, Vol 28, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
1983-8042
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1983-80422020281373