Ortotanásia, sofrimento e dignidade: entre valores morais, medicina e direito

Social Representations on Euthanasia between Students of Law and Medicine: A Comparative Analysis

“…By the 1960s, the intensifi cation of technological progress favored the creation of biomedical resources that translated into devices and medications capable of prolonging and maintaining life. The use of these new strategies -coupled with the excessive freedom of power exercised by physicians, with regard to interventions on the body and the life of the patient, raised questions about the forms of care, especially with regard to the decision regarding death and the management of diseases (Menezes & Ventura, 2013). According to Diniz and Guilhem (2017, p. 15) "technological development has given rise to unexpected moral dilemmas related to the biomedical practice".…”

“…The active form involves the action of another, who acts in favor of the provocation of euthanasia, while the passive form refers to the omission of resources, such as: devices or medications, in order to cause the death. The voluntary and involuntary involve the context in which the patient has conditions to consent to the procedure or not, respectively (Felix et al, 2013;Menezes & Ventura, 2013). Another practice related to the debates about autonomy and dignity in situations of terminality of life is dysthanasia.…”

“…In the literature, the elements death, terminal and terminal patient refer to the refl ection on the very conceptualization of the term euthanasia. The terminality situation is one of the criteria used by Menezes and Ventura (2013) to discuss the conceptualization of euthanasia. The abbre-core hypothesis of the euthanasia SR for each group studied.…”

“…The emergence of technologies capable of prolonging and maintaining life will elicit from the medical professional refl ections on the forms of care and how to manage this pain (Ribeiro, 2006). This component is also linked to the dimension of the emotions that give rise to the practice of euthanasia, since the presence of pain is used to think of euthanasia as a way to escape this reality in situations of terminality (Menezes & Ventura, 2013). Ac cordingly, Bioethics covers refl ections on the dignity of the subjects and the autonomy they enjoy or not in relation to their and fi nitude when this point is touched upon.…”

Gestação e morte cerebral materna: decisões em torno da vida fetal

“…Innovative discourses are presented defining new dilemmas concerning the different forms of life management, care and the dying process. "Death with dignity", "dysthanasia", "therapeutic doggedness", "orthothanasia", and "good enough death" 4 , among other expressions, are used both by advocates of life maintenance and by militants for the right to free will over one's own life and death. At times there is polysemy of some expressions such as "good death" 4 or "death with dignity" 4 .…”