Bioethical perspective of palliative care
Bioethical perspective of palliative care is a scholarly work, published in 2018 in ''Hospice and Palliative Medicine International Journal''. The main subjects of the publication include medicine, palliative care, nursing, bioethics, perspective, sociology, and Harvey Chochinov. Face of chronic pathologies, irreversible states or terminal diseases.In the final stages where the intention of medicine is not to cure but to palliate.Palliative should care not to symptoms, but to the person and it`s environment.This is why attention must focus not only on the clinical and physical manifestations of suffering, but also on the psychic and social effects of the disease.Accordingly, those who dedicate their professional life to palliative care need more than just technical abilities, but additionally social and communicational skills.An attitude of permanent empathy towards the reality of the others should be mandatory.Empathy is to look at someone else and be able to reflect on what the other is experiencing, knowing that what they requires could go beyond my specialized training; recognizing that they also needs my attention, contention and recognition as another person, and as autonomous being.