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Euthanasia
Nunes,Rui
Nunes,Rui
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"Physician-assisted death is one of the most stringent debates of modern societies. Although different countries have particular social and religious backgrounds, most developed societies are progressively engaging in such debate. The rapid change of the sociological environment all over the world anticipates that the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia will take place in more countries in the near future. As Quill suggests, there are several things that should previously be cleared before legalising euthanasia and physician- assisted suicide [35]. First of all, palliative care is the standard of assistance for addressing the suffering of seriously ill patients [36]. This follows that public policies should address the issue of improving the access and delivery of palliative care [37]. Secondly, and despite of state-of-the-art of palliative measures, there will always remain some patients whose suffering is insufficiently relieved. Several “last resort” options could address many of these cases [38]. Aggressive pain management, forgoing life-sustaining therapies and sedation to unconsciousness are a common practice to relieve suffering, even if death is hastened."
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2016
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