Finitud de la vida: comprensión conceptual de la eutanasia, distanasia y ortotanasia

Authors

  • Carlos Wilson de Alencar Cano Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Ana Letícia Cavenaghi da Silva Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Andressa Freire Barboza Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Bianca Ferreira Bazzo Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Caroline Pereira Martins Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Décio Iandoli Júnior Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Leinyara da Silva Brito Benites Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Lillian Batista Terceros Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp
  • Ricardo dos Santos Gonçalves Nantes Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp

Abstract

This study evaluates the knowledge of intensive care physicians about the concepts of euthanasia, dysthanasia and orthothanasia in Campo Grande/MS, Brazil. The cross-sectional and qualitative research involved 80 doctors who responded to a self-administered questionnaire, with closed and open questions that aimed to assess the interviewee’s knowledge of the three concepts. Data analysis showed that 32% of respondents inadequately defined euthanasia, and 75% and 61.2% accurately defined dysthanasia and orthothanasia, respectively. In turn, 46.2% had adequate knowledge of the three terms and practices. We noticed that the years of practice since graduation were inversely proportional to the knowledge of concepts.

Keywords:

Euthanasia. Death. Terminally ill. Intensive care units. Attitude to death.
Vol. 28 No. 2 (2020): Revista Bioética 28(2)

Published:

2020-06-18

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de Alencar Cano CW, Cavenaghi da Silva AL, Freire Barboza A, Ferreira Bazzo B, Pereira Martins C, Iandoli Júnior D, et al. Finitud de la vida: comprensión conceptual de la eutanasia, distanasia y ortotanasia. Rev. bioét.(Impr.). [Internet]. 2020 Jun. 18 [cited 2024 May 13];28(2). Available from: http://revistabioetica.cfm.org.br/revista_bioetica/article/view/1537