Perception of physicians of Intensive Care Units of the Clinicas Hospital Complex about orthothanasia

The anesthesiologist facing terminality: a survey-based observational study

“…In a survey on the preferences of Brazilian intensive care physicians on the two practices, 100% of them believed that orthothanasia is the appropriate practice, but only 93% say it is possible to put it into effect. 21 …”

Potência spinoziana: resistência ao controle sobre o modo de morrer

“…This reflects on the training of professionals, who learn a lot about cutting-edge technology, about how to save lives, but little about death. In other words, health professionals are not prepared to deal with the end of life 22 .…”

Brazilian Health Professionals’ Perception about Death: An Integrative Review

“…In the analysis of magazines, periodicals stand out in nursing [9,11,14,16,[18][19][20]22] medical [4,17] of public health [10,21], bioethics [12] and in other areas [13,15]. Table 2 shows the characterization of selected articles, according to the authors, title, journal, volume, number and year of publication.…”

“…With regard to bioethical issues, the correct conception of critical care physicians on death triggers a series of measures that seek to dignified death that ruled in reducing the suffering, the psychological, social and spiritual comfort [15].…”

“…We realize that the largest number of studies was published in 2009 and 2013. The state that best researched on the subject was that of São Paulo, with five articles [11,15,[17][18]21].…”