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Medicina Fluminensis : Medicina Fluminensis, Vol. 51 No. 3, 2015.

Review article

The reality of dysthanasia

Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana ; Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Arnela Redžović ; Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka
Marijan Dintinjana ; Ordinacija opće medicine dr. Marijan Dintinjana, Rijeka
ingrid Belac-Lovasić ; Klinika za radioterapiju i onkologiju, KBC Rijeka, Rijeka

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Abstract

Life and death are two inseparable parts of human reality and along the art of living, there is also the art of dying. Contrary to euthanasia, in our Institutions daily “dysthanasia” is carried out. Dysthanasia is a term for a slow and painful, unworthy death due to supporting the process of dying with useless treatment that denies human dignity. In Western European countries the term “therapeutic perseverance” is used, while in the United States the term “medical futility” is used.

Keywords

dysthanasia; euthanasia; quality of life; the end of life

Hrčak ID:

144062

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/144062

Publication date:

1.9.2015.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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