Therapeutic futility and family obstination in intensive therapy: the perspective of the nursing professional
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Intensive care units, intensive care units, pediatric, intensive care units, neonatal, (Source: DeCS)Abstract
Objective: To analyze therapeutic futility and family obstinacy in intensive care: the nursing professional's perspective. Method: Documentary descriptive. Results and Conclusion: The relationship of nursing with therapeutic futility in intensive care rooms continues to be a topic of interest, due to the growing trend of avoiding the suffering of the terminally ill. The adequacy of the therapeutic effort is currently a good clinical practice, which must be protocolized and applied in the country's health institutions, so that a consensual approach is carried out and based on scientific evidence, contributing to timely decision-making. and ethics on the therapy to be used, in such a way that the main beneficiary is the patient, avoiding unnecessary or futile measures that cause pain or conflicts in the physical, emotional or economic sphere, both to the patient and their family.
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