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SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE ETHICAL ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL CASES SYSTEMATIZATION OF THE ETHICAL ANALYSIS OF CLINICAL CASES Dr Paulina Taboada Profesor Centro de Bioetica Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Alameda 340 Correo Central 1 Santiago, Chile Health care professionals frequently confront ethical dilemmas in the care of terminally ill patients. Some of them do not feel confident in dealing with these ethical dilemmas, especially if they did not get a formal ethical education during their training. They often distrust their skills for a systematic analysis of the conflicts in values that can arise in actual clinical decisions. Appropriate knowledge of the basic ethical principles helps to analyze major dilemmas in the delivery of care to the terminally ill, such as issues related to communication, withholding or withdrawing treatments, hydration, nutrition or sedation, etc. Full Article: http://www.hospicecare.com/Ethics/monthlypiece/eithics2004/pom_july04.htm


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