[Ethical and deontological evaluation of the treatment of comatous patients].
The caretaking of the patient in coma requires an anthropological and clinical approach. The ethics of well-done work suggests to reject futile medical treatment and euthanasia but, at the same time, to perform a correct palliative care and to support the family.
Tambone
V
V
Università Campus Biomedico di Roma, Facoltà di Medicina, Servizio di Bioetica, Italia. v.tambone@unicampus.it
Poterzio
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F
Carassiti
M
M
D003128:Coma / Q000628:therapy*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005065:Euthanasia; D005190:Family; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D016224:Living Wills; D018447:Medical Futility; D010166:Palliative Care; D012944:Social Support