Bioética, cuidados e cuidados paliativos: breves considerações filosóficas existencialistas

Abstract

The present research is of an existential philosophical reflective nature and sought to reflect on bioethics, Care and Palliative Care (CP) in the Brazilian scenario. The main objective was to conduct a reflection based on updated bibliographic reviews, looking for parallels with the current context of the country in relation to the role of bioethics and its possibilities. To achieve the expected, it is assumed that in order to understand the contemporary context of the theme, it is necessary to know the reasons that made it arrive at the present time as it stands. Therefore, it was necessary to carry out a bibliographic review of its legacy. Thus, the research provides an overview of the context of the emergence of bioethics, care and palliative care. And also the developments that are intrinsic to the object of study such as pain, suffering, anguish, teams formed by multiprofessionals, finitude and the importance of spirituality in coping with diseases that threaten the quality of life and its continuity . The research led to the understanding that palliative care and care are extremely important and necessary for people who are limited in their quality of life, in a terminal state, as well as for family members who have to deal with pain, suffering, the loss and mourning for one’s relative. Thus, it was concluded that bioethics can contribute in many ways to the strengthening of care and palliative care in Brazil. It can promote actions such as those that value the person, regardless of the remaining time of life, as well as the appreciation of care for family members, which should be promoted whenever appropriate. Bioethics must also always strive for public policies that focus on the human being before technological, economic development, religions and / or ideologies so that human beings can experience life to its fullest. Always encourage mechanisms that contribute to the construction and development of private and public consciences with the perspective that the future is death, so that life may be beautiful, and death be dignified.