Ethical and legal issues in end-of-life care: the case of life prolongation
This article aims to make an ethical and legal reflection on end-of-life care, specifically on life- prolongation resulting from technical and diagnostic investment in current health care. This practice called dysthanasia, which in practice is also known as therapeutic obstinacy or futility in care...
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Formato: | bookPart |
Idioma: | eng |
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2022
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Texto completo: | https://hdl.handle.net/1822/80651 |
País: | Portugal |
Oai: | oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/80651 |