2017
DOI: 10.1590/1983-80422017251178
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Testamento vital na prática médica: compreensão dos profissionais

Abstract: The living will is a relevant theme to be discussed from the sanitary and legal points of view and is also an important instrument to drive the assistance to terminally ill patients according to their final wills. We performed this exploratory and qualitative research to study the opinion of 36 resident doctors in Brazil public hospitals, regarding to the inclusion of the living will in medical practice. Data were collected in August, 2013. Our results stressed the relevance of living will for the autonomy of … Show more

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“…A similar outlook was also observed in a study conducted with medical residents of the Instituto do Coração (Heart Institute), in São Paulo, which found that 65.3% of them had some knowledge of the living will, while 96.8% believed that such document would be useful for decision making, and 84.3% would respect the desire expressed in the living will without question 19 . A qualitative study showed that the majority of the medics considered the living will an instrument capable of materialising patient autonomy, allowing the prior expression of desires and expectations relative to their health, and constituting an important tool to offer better assistance to the terminally ill patient 20 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A similar outlook was also observed in a study conducted with medical residents of the Instituto do Coração (Heart Institute), in São Paulo, which found that 65.3% of them had some knowledge of the living will, while 96.8% believed that such document would be useful for decision making, and 84.3% would respect the desire expressed in the living will without question 19 . A qualitative study showed that the majority of the medics considered the living will an instrument capable of materialising patient autonomy, allowing the prior expression of desires and expectations relative to their health, and constituting an important tool to offer better assistance to the terminally ill patient 20 .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…From a sociocultural perspective, for a significant portion of the Brazilian population, the preservation of life is an almost dogmatic subject, with a strong religious influence, according to which only God could determine death. Although Brazil is a secular state, religious lobbies influence political decisions, and perhaps that is why the country does not yet have specific legislation on dignified death, which would imply respect for the autonomy of terminally ill patients when dialoguing with multidisciplinary team members and family members about decisions on care and treatment 29 .…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In the United States, 27% of the interviewed informed they had a written document with record of their will; among Hispanics, however, only 11% confirmed that 17 . The Brazilian society needs to intensify the debate the terminality of life, recognizing that the living will contributes to the autonomy and dignified death of the patient 18 .…”
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“…This result agrees with the study by Campos et al 16 , which surveyed the preference of patients about orthothanasia, euthanasia and dysthanasia, the preference for dysthanasia being minimal: a grade of 2.07 in a scale from 1 to 10 points. 18,27 .…”
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