Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Medicine Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Trieda SNP 1 Košice Slovakia
2. Faculty of Arts Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Šrobárova 2 Košice Slovakia
Abstract
Abstract
In clinical practice, modern medicine, especially intensive medicine, has made outstanding technological progress that has changed diagnostic and therapeutic paradigms. Nowadays, some patients for whom there were no treatments in the past not only survive but return to active life thanks to intensive medicine. However, in some cases intensive care will not help patients in a critical condition and merely prolong death. In such situations, the treatment is terminated or not extended, and the patient is allowed to die in dignity. In this specific situation all intensive procedures are terminated. Palliative care is the next stage. This is a sensitive issue that should be discussed with healthcare professionals and experts from other areas of life to ensure it is communicated appropriately to patients and their relatives.
Subject
Law,Philosophy,Sociology and Political Science
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