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1º Forum do Grupo de Estudos do Fim da Vida do Cone Sul: proposta para atendimento do paciente portador de doença terminal internado em UTI

2009; Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira; Volume: 21; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0103-507x2009000300011

ISSN

1982-4335

Autores

Rachel Duarte Moritz, Patrícia M. Lago, Alberto Deicas, Cristine Nilson, Fernando Osni Machado, Jairo Othero, Jefferson Pedro Piva, Juan Pablo Rossini, Karla Rovatti, Nára Selaimen Gaertner de Azeredo, Nilton Brandão da Silva, Raquel Pusch,

Tópico(s)

Patient Dignity and Privacy

Resumo

Withholding of treatment in patients with terminal disease is increasingly common in intensive care units, throughout the world. Notwithstanding, Brazilian intensivists still have a great difficulty to offer the best treatment to patients that have not benefited from curative care. The objective of this comment is to suggest an algorithm for the care of terminally ill patients. It was formulated based upon literature and the experience of experts, by members of the ethics committee and end-of-life of AMIB - Brazilian Association of Intensive Care.

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