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Ethics, Alzheimer, dysthanasia, palliative care, advance willAbstract
.Presentation of the case of a patient of 80 years with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease for 12 years and with a history of other chronic pathologies to whom the dermatologist in a consultation, diagnoses a malignant melanoma with metastasis and starts medical and surgical treatment for control of his malignant pathology. The patient previously and in use of his mental faculties had informed his family that if a new pathology appeared he did not want to receive treatment for it except for palliative care that would allow him a dignified death. The doctor ignored this manifestation and subjected the patient to aggressive treatments for his pathology that prolonged his suffering and did not allow him a dignified death.
Author Biography
José María Maya
Médico, magister en Salud Pública, magister en Dirección Universitaria y magister en Dirección y Gestión de la Seguridad Social; profesor titular, Universidad CES; decano general, Escuela de Ciencias de la Vida. Universidad EIA, Medellín, Colombia
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