Dysthanasia
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In medicine, dysthanasia means "bad death"[1] and is considered a common fault of modern medicine:[2]
- With artificial ventilation, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, it can be extremely difficult to die in a medical center with access to these advanced modalities of life support.
Dysthanasia is a term generally used when a person is seen to be kept alive artificially in a condition where, otherwise, they cannot survive; typically for some sort of ulterior motive. The term was used frequently in the investigation into the death of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna in 1994.
[edit] References
- ^ Kothari M, Mehta L, Kothari V. "Cause of death--so-called designed event acclimaxing timed happenings.". J Postgrad Med 46 (1): 43–51. PMID 10855082. Free Full Text.
- ^ Batchelor A, Jenal L, Kapadia F, Streat S, Whetstine L, Woodcock B (2003). "Ethics roundtable debate: should a sedated dying patient be wakened to say goodbye to family?". Crit Care 7 (5): 335–8. doi:. PMID 12974961. Free Full Text.
[edit] See also
- Brain death
- Death
- Euthanasia
- Tachythanasia
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