Terminal disease: a Biolaw management

• Main Author: Francisco Rivas García
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Para el Progreso de la Biomedicina 2018-03-01
• Series: Jounal of Negative and No Positive Results
• Subjects: Terminal disease; ; Biolaw; End of life; Therapeutic effort; Life support
• Online Access: https://www.jonnpr.com/pdf/2174.pdf

There are many different dilemmas and situations posed by the current development of the medical sciences. Bioethics is a booming discipline that should guide any clinical practice, being especially relevant to situations that augur end of life. The present work aims to provide a current and useful analysis that can help to understand the main problems that generate a terminal illness, and how Bioethics can be very useful. The methodology used has included a study of bibliographic documentation through consultation of specialized databases. It is concluded that Bioethics is a very useful tool that helps to analyze and make decisions on the part of health professionals in their daily activities. Bioethics is essential to understand the palliative treatment that must be provided at the end of life as a guarantee for the maintenance of human dignity.