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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Autores: Palacios Gómez, Mauricio, Torres Valencia, Yiny Yiset
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
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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.