Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives

Abstract: In mid-2013, a small city in southwestern Argentina lost its provincial quietness after two sisters required withdrawing hydration and nutrition from their 49-year-old brother who had been living in vegetative state for decades. The sisters alleged their brother would not have wanted livin...

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Autor principal: De Janon Quevedo, Lenin
Formato: Artículo
Lenguaje:Español
Inglés
Publicado: MedCrave 2019
Materias:
BIOETICA
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
MUERTE
PACIENTES TERMINALES
HIDRATACION
ESTADO VEGETATIVO
NUTRICION
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/1513
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Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA) de Universidad Católica Argentina
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language Español
Inglés
topic BIOETICA
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
MUERTE
PACIENTES TERMINALES
HIDRATACION
ESTADO VEGETATIVO
NUTRICION
spellingShingle BIOETICA
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
MUERTE
PACIENTES TERMINALES
HIDRATACION
ESTADO VEGETATIVO
NUTRICION
De Janon Quevedo, Lenin
Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
topic_facet BIOETICA
CUIDADOS PALIATIVOS
MUERTE
PACIENTES TERMINALES
HIDRATACION
ESTADO VEGETATIVO
NUTRICION
description Abstract: In mid-2013, a small city in southwestern Argentina lost its provincial quietness after two sisters required withdrawing hydration and nutrition from their 49-year-old brother who had been living in vegetative state for decades. The sisters alleged their brother would not have wanted living so; however, they possessed no written proofs, but only a testimony of a conversation the siblings would have had when they were teenagers. In contrast, the employees of the nursing home, who actually were caring for the brother, rejected the sisters’ request arguing that the brother was still alive, and withdrawal of water and food will directly provoke his death. Because of disagreement between the relatives and caregivers, the case was brought to the Court what caught the attention of the media that soon turned this intimate story into a national sensation, and split the locals into adversaries. Ethics committees, specialists, and religious authorities were asked for opinions. On request of some local people interested in understanding the case, the Institute of Bioethics at Catholic University of Argentina released a document that has served as a reference for the current case report. By analyzing the facts from medical, anthropological and ethical perspectives, the following case report focuses on aspects such as difficulties in making consciousness-centered diagnosis and conceiving new states of life with different neurological status; association of functional impairment and worthiness of a personal life; robustness of advance directives made without knowing circumstances; ethical standard and human nature, among others
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author De Janon Quevedo, Lenin
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title Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
title_short Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
title_full Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
title_fullStr Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
title_sort withdrawing hydration and feeding in a person living in vegetative state : an approach from medical anthropological and ethical perspectives
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