Bioethics reflection on life prolongation in end-of-life care

This paper intends to make a bioethics reflection on the prolongation of human life as a consequence of the use of techniques and methods used by current medicine. The term we use is dysthanasia, however, in the anglo-american world the term medical futility is more frequently used, and for this rea...

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Main Author: Macedo, João Carlos Gama Martins (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/75750
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/75750