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LUNA VAZQUEZ, Laides; VALIENTE DUANY, Mariela  y  GODERICH LALAN, José Miguel. Bioética frente al paciente moribundo. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.2, pp.117-121. ISSN 0864-0319.

A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted at the Service of Intermediate Care of the "Dr. Ambrosio Grillo Portuondo" Clinical and Surgical Hospital, in Santiago de Cuba, aimed at analyzing the application of bioethics in the dying patient. The universe was composed of 42 persons that died in the second semester of l996. The main causes of death were the inflammatory lung diseases and the cerebrovascular accidents, with predominance of males over 60. On dying, most of the patients had lost conciousness, which was not always affected by the disease. One of them was coupled to artifical ventilators by facultative indication. The participation of the nurse and the active-passive relation , that is the fundamental in connection with the fulfillment of the bioethical principles, was positive in all cases. The moribund?s autonomy was respected and the reported consent played an important role. Euthanasia was not applied in any of its variants, since this procedure in our society will be considered as a homicide.

Palabras clave : BIOETHICS; RIGHT TO DIE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; LUNG DISEASES [mortality]; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS [mortality]; TERMINAL CARE.

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