The need for education about death in medical practice
Colombia is one of the leading countries in the world regarding regulations and rights at the end of life. Currently, there is legislation on access to palliative care, limitation of therapeutic effort, euthanasia, euthanasia in children and adolescents, conscientious objection for doctors, and medi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Colombia |
| Institución: | Universidad El Bosque |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio U. El Bosque |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unbosque.edu.co:20.500.12495/11099 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12495/11099 http://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v53i4.5510 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Muerte Educación Eutanasia Letalidad Death Education Euthanasia Lethality |
| Sumario: | Colombia is one of the leading countries in the world regarding regulations and rights at the end of life. Currently, there is legislation on access to palliative care, limitation of therapeutic effort, euthanasia, euthanasia in children and adolescents, conscientious objection for doctors, and medically assisted suicide is decriminalized. Meanwhile, the remaining Latin American countries are just beginning the discussion about dignified death. Among many reasons for this delay, one of them is that it begins with the most controversial of issues, euthanasia, instead of focusing on humanizing the end of life. |
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