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MEDICALIZACAO MORTE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2008-10-28
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Medical and Hospital Organization
- Rights and Freedoms
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- medicalization of dying
1, record 1, English, medicalization%20of%20dying
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- medicalization of death 2, record 1, English, medicalization%20of%20death
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Reliance on hospitals as the place for dying is part of a national trend over the past century. This "medicalization" of death took dying and death from the home to the professional environment of the hospital. 2, record 1, English, - medicalization%20of%20dying
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Organisation médico-hospitalière
- Droits et libertés
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- médicalisation de la fin de vie
1, record 1, French, m%C3%A9dicalisation%20de%20la%20fin%20de%20vie
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- médicalisation de la mort 2, record 1, French, m%C3%A9dicalisation%20de%20la%20mort
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Cette concentration de la mortalité au sein des établissements de santé, conséquence directe de la médicalisation de la fin de vie, est «le reflet d'un progrès considérable, dans les dernières décennies, des techniques de réanimation et de maintien en vie des malades incurables ou terminaux». 3, record 1, French, - m%C3%A9dicalisation%20de%20la%20fin%20de%20vie
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Organización médica y hospitalaria
- Derechos y Libertades
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- medicalización de la muerte
1, record 1, Spanish, medicalizaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20muerte
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Proceso de reducir a términos médicos la muerte lo cual conlleva una muerte medicalizada, es decir, hospitalizada y certificada por un médico. 2, record 1, Spanish, - medicalizaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20muerte
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Ahora que el avance de la ciencia médica nos permite asistir a las etapas finales de múltiples enfermedades crónicas, la medicina ha visto conveniente retomar su función de aliviar, cuando no se puede prevenir ni curar. En busca de estos cuidados acuden los pacientes terminales y sus familiares a los hospitales, convirtiéndose la muerte en un evento hospitalario cada vez más frecuente, denominándose este proceso medicalización de la muerte. 3, record 1, Spanish, - medicalizaci%C3%B3n%20de%20la%20muerte
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