Abstract

GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ, Yanira  and  LUNA RODRIGUEZ-GALLO, José A.. Nursing and Bioethics in patients presenting with sclerosis multiple, Admitted in Rehabilitation Hospital.: 2004-2006. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2007, vol.23, n.2. ISSN 0864-0319.

In general, patients presenting with sclerosis multiple have disability and are overprotected by those persons in its sorrounding, and may be deprived of its autonomyd, of a treatment with justice and charity, without assess that occasionally make more damage than benefit, thus we proposed to evaluate if all principles supporting Bioethics in management by Nursing staff in “Dr. Faustino Péerez Hernández” of Sancti Spiritus Province are respected, that is why we made a transversal and descriptive work of a sample consisted of 108 patients admitted to receive rehabilitation treatment from April 2004  to February 2006, through a work project in agreement with Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Havana City; we grouped 83 patients through a single randomized sampling. As main results we founded that 62,7 % corresponding to female sex, 59 % is working despite its limitations, disbility level predominance was moderate with a 45,9 %, it was possible to confirm that Nursing staff charged of care fulfil principles of Bioethics.

Keywords : Sclerosis multiple; Bioethics; autonomy; charity; maleficence; justice..