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<journal-id>0864-2125</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Medicina General Integral]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2125</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[ECIMED]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0864-21252021000300017</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Algunos aspectos esenciales para el enfoque bioético de la eutanasia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Some Essential Aspects for a Bioethical Approach to Euthanasia]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Romero Madero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Artemisa Hospital General Docente &#8220;Iván Portuondo Echevarría&#8221; San Antonio de los Baños]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Artemisa]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21252021000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21252021000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21252021000300017&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  Aunque la vida es un valor moral que ha de ser respetado por encima de todo, la Eutanasia se continúa practicando hoy día en muchos países, y con ello persisten discrepancias en torno a su enfoque bioético.  Objetivos:  Describir algunos aspectos históricos, legales y conceptuales esenciales relacionados con la eutanasia, como posibles aristas a tomar en cuenta para su enfoque bioético.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio de revisión descriptivo observacional con componente analítico, empleando una exhaustiva revisión bibliográfica, con el uso de los descriptores en Ciencias de la Salud: eutanasia AND ética donde se compararon las posiciones de diferentes países en torno a la eutanasia y se contrastaron conceptos como calidad de vida y su expresión en la edad pediátrica.  Conclusiones:  El estudio sistemático de todas las posibles aristas de la eutanasia es fundamental para lograr un adecuado enfoque bioético de la misma, lo cual contribuye a que podamos ser más consecuentes y humanistas en el momento de hacer cumplir una muerte digna.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  Although life is a moral value that must be respected above anything else, euthanasia is still practiced today in many countries; with this, discrepancies persist regarding its bioethical approach.  Objectives:  To describe some essential historical, legal and conceptual aspects related to euthanasia, as possible aspects to take into account for its bioethical approach.  Methods:  An observational and descriptive review study with an analytical component was carried out, using an exhaustive bibliographic review, with the use of the following health sciences descriptors: eutanasia [euthanasia], ADN [DNA] ética [ethics]; thus, the positions of different countries regarding euthanasia were compared and some concepts were contrasted, such as quality of life and its expression in pediatric age.  Conclusions:  The systematic study of all the possible aspects of euthanasia is essential for achieving an adequate bioethical approach to it, which contributes to our being more consistent and humanistic when making a dignified death possible.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[eutanasia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfoque bioético]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[atención médica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estado avanzado de enfermedad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[bioethical approach]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medical care]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[advance stages of a disease]]></kwd>
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