Quality of life X quantity of life: The right to die with dignity protected by the advanced directives institutes

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dc.contributor.authorDeserti, Bruna Sitta [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorVeiga, Hélio [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMarchetto, Patrícia Borba [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCorona, Roberto Brocanelli [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorLamenha Gomes, Thiago Soares
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-11T17:26:58Z
dc.date.available2018-12-11T17:26:58Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-01
dc.description.abstractIn the last century we have witnessed a great development in medicine. New drugs and sophisticated surgical interventions present the proposal for a long life, almost as a product available on the market. Facing death as a natural process is increasingly distant from people's lives nowadays. Quantity of life does not mean quality of life. In cases of incurable diseases, the best treatment is to accept the condition and offer palliative cares to ensure the quality of life that still remains. It cannot be forgotten that behind all the medical techniques in development there are human beings who ought to be at the center of the medical-patient relation and have their dignity and autonomy respected. There is a juridical mechanism called Advanced Directives, popularly known as Living Will, which is a public document to register all the medical directions regarding health care treatments and procedures that the patients do not wish to be submitted to, that can be used to ensure that the patients wishes concerning his life will be respected when he may not be able to express his will. The advanced directives defend the dignity of every human being and the palliative cares rather than the pursuit of a cure.en
dc.description.affiliationFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences State University Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationFaculty of Science Arts and Humanities State University Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationRegional Center of family medicine community Medical school of University of São Paulo (USP)
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences State University Paulista (UNESP)
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculty of Science Arts and Humanities State University Paulista (UNESP)
dc.format.extent127-140
dc.identifier.citationQuality of Life and Public Health: Assessment and Intervention, p. 127-140.
dc.identifier.lattes9857008056151410
dc.identifier.lattes6316641871311965
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7507-961X
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0932-0233
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84956744442
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/177763
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofQuality of Life and Public Health: Assessment and Intervention
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAdvanced directives
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectLiving will
dc.subjectQuality of life
dc.subjectQuantity of life
dc.titleQuality of life X quantity of life: The right to die with dignity protected by the advanced directives institutesen
dc.typeCapítulo de livro
unesp.author.lattes9857008056151410[3]
unesp.author.lattes6316641871311965[4]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-7507-961X[3]
unesp.author.orcid0000-0002-0932-0233[4]
unesp.departmentAdministração Pública - FCLARpt

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