Euthanasia should be a gentle death, but when it’s not—for whatever reason—it is incumbent on veterinary teams to address the situation with their clients and themselves. If you’ve been practicing ...

Dysthanasia means slow and painful death without quality of life. This study aimed to know whether nurses identify dysthanasia as part of the final process of the lives of terminal patients ...

This study aimed to analyze the perceptions of nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a University Hospital in Brazil concerning dysthanasia, orthotanasia and euthanasia and characterize ...

In medical practice, the treatment and prognosis in the end of life has associated to ethical dilemmas, which are established in conformity with individual or collective beliefs and values.

The concept of "dysthanasia" is still partially known in the world academic community. The concept is opposite to the concept of "euthanasia", incomparably more often mentioned, but without doubt much ...

Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine, University Saint Thomas d’Aquin (USTA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In palliative care, continuous deep sedation ...

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Dysthanasia means slow and painful death without quality of life. This study aimed to know whether nurses identify dysthanasia as part of the final process of the lives of terminal patients ...