Abstract

MARRERO RODRIGUEZ, Haidee et al. Bioethical aspects in patients with lung cancer. MEDISAN [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.9, pp. 1231-1237. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, observational, prospective and cross sectional study of 50 patients with lung cancer -- who were diagnosed clinically, radiologically, tomographically and histologically -- admitted in the Pneumology Service of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the year 2011, under specific oncological treatment, in order to identify the bioethical aspects related to the information offered on the diagnosis of those affected in stadiums IIIA, IIIB and IV of the disease. As results of the series there were: higher frequency of the age group 61-70 years and of the male sex, as well as superiority in Karnofsky index in those who received ambulatory treatment more than 50% of the time. Patients were informed with more frequency on the lung inflammatory process, the lung cysts and the fungal disorders; also, the great majority had knowledge about the specific oncological treatment, the quantity of cycles to receive and the adverse reactions to drugs. The most known bioethical principles in decreasing order were: justice, charity, autonomy and non malice

Keywords : bioethics; lung cancer; specific oncological treatment; Karnofsky index; secondary health care.

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