[Euthanasia in Patients with Cancer and the Continuous-care Providers]

Overview

Journal Clin Transl Oncol

Specialty Oncology

Date 2005 Sep 28

PMID 16185589

Citations 2

Authors

Carlos Camps Herrero

Joaquin Gavila Gregori

Javier Garde Noguera

Cristina Caballero Diaz

Vega Iranzo Gonzalez-Cruz

Asuncion Juarez Marroqui

Maria Jose Safont Aguilera

Ana Blasco Cordellat

Alfonso Berrocal Jaime

Maria Godes Sanz de Bremond

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Abstract

During the clinical evolution of patients with cancer there are many occasions, or phases of the disease, when there are no specific treatments and, as such, we need to provide maximum comfort following appropriate symptom control; in this stage it is fundamental to respect personal autonomy together with the option to reject futile treatment. With appropriate control of symptoms it is possible to reach the stage where the majority of the patients do not continue to suffer. Continuous-care providers for cancer patients are those who are responsible for providing help to resolve these situations. In palliative medicine there are highly-efficacious procedures to the help in these last hours. Sedation is applied when it is impossible to control symptoms by other means. With appropriate Carer cover, it is not necessary to introduce laws on assisted suicide and/or active voluntary euthanasia, neither because of the magnitude of demand, nor because of the difficulties in achieving appropriate control of symptoms.

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