Does the “no” to death offer the “yes” to therapeutic obstination?

Objective: this article aims at discussing the denial of death and the therapeutic obstination practice. Methods: two reflexive categories were developed. The first one was the culture of denial of death, and the second one was the technology to “put death away”. Results: in the first category, psyc...

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Main Authors: Karla Cristiane Oliveira Silva, Elisabeta Albertina Nietsche, Stefanie Griebeler Oliveira, Alberto Manuel Quintana, Silomar Ilha
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2012-08-01
Series:Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reufsm/article/view/3165