Ethical dilemmas of medical decisions in intensive care

Authors

  • Ana Luisa Alonso Mariño Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Olga Lidia Alonso Mariño Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
  • Elvis Fermín López Rodríguez Hospital Asistencial “Celestino Hernández Robau”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba

Keywords:

intensive care, medical ethics

Abstract

The changes in recent years to extend life  generate dilemas in daily medical practice in intensive care, the ethical analysis of medical interventions can understand and approach them. A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was conducted in the intensive care units of polyvalent at “Arnaldo Milián Castro” and “Celestino Hernández Robau” Clinical Surgical Hospital respectively  of the Province of Villa Clara, Cuba, From January to June 2012 to describe the major ethical dilemmas related to decision making in the care of critical patients facing health professionals, the study sample was composed of 42 professionals. There was a predominance of the Licensed in Nursing, female, in the fourth decade of life, with professional experience and in these units over a decade, more than half have no religious beliefs and respect the patient's right to information and its autonomy and participation in decision making regarding therapy. The main problems were identified bioethical decision or no income, the resuscitation of the patient in terminal condition and limitation of treatment.

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Alonso Mariño AL, Alonso Mariño OL, López Rodríguez EF. Ethical dilemmas of medical decisions in intensive care. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 1 [cited 2025 Jun. 28];8(1):37-45. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/43

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (2014): January-March

Section

Original Articles

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