Completion of life: bioethics and humanization in health

Abstract

The view of health professionals opposite of life terminality is one of the most difficult situations which they have to face, because, despite best efforts, some patients will come to death. The purpose of this study is to identify and describe, through scientific literature, the aspects of promoting health and bioethics, with respect to the humanization of care in life-terminal-patients, and also how to deal with the family and health professionals involved. The methodology was based on a literature review using the search and selection of texts from databases, providing knowledge about different concepts used in humanization of health professionals regarding to life terminality and bioethical issues, in order to redress the great difficulties that health professionals have in dealing with the terminally ill and how they should be treated once the physical and emotional well being should be the focus.