The document discusses three end-of-life medical practices: distanasia, ortotanasia, and euthanasia. Distanasia involves alleviating pain through heavy sedation even if it may shorten a patient's life. Ortotanasia is the withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment or life support when further treatment is considered futile or inhumane. Euthanasia actively causes a patient's death through lethal injection or other means in order to end suffering.
The document discusses three end-of-life medical practices: distanasia, ortotanasia, and euthanasia. Distanasia involves alleviating pain through heavy sedation even if it may shorten a patient's life. Ortotanasia is the withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment or life support when further treatment is considered futile or inhumane. Euthanasia actively causes a patient's death through lethal injection or other means in order to end suffering.
The document discusses three end-of-life medical practices: distanasia, ortotanasia, and euthanasia. Distanasia involves alleviating pain through heavy sedation even if it may shorten a patient's life. Ortotanasia is the withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment or life support when further treatment is considered futile or inhumane. Euthanasia actively causes a patient's death through lethal injection or other means in order to end suffering.
The document discusses three end-of-life medical practices: distanasia, ortotanasia, and euthanasia. Distanasia involves alleviating pain through heavy sedation even if it may shorten a patient's life. Ortotanasia is the withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment or life support when further treatment is considered futile or inhumane. Euthanasia actively causes a patient's death through lethal injection or other means in order to end suffering.