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...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autor principal: Macedo, João Carlos Gama Martins (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2022
Assuntos:
Texto completo:https://hdl.handle.net/1822/80651
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/80651