Abstract:
:This paper reviews the sentences dictated between 1993 and 2002 by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the Unites States, the House of Lords and Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the European Human Rights Court, about the validity of the legal prohibition of assistance for suicide. These sentences constituted a judicial consensus about the right to die. This consensus recognized the legal right of patients to reject medical treatments but did not recognize the right to be assisted by a physician to commit suicide. This exclusion is changing in the recent case law of Canada and the United Kingdom, which accepts the fundamental right of terminal patients to medically assisted suicide.
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Rev Med Chiljournal_title
Revista medica de Chileauthors
Bascuñán R Adoi
10.4067/S0034-98872016000400009subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-04-01 00:00:00pages
483-7issue
4eissn
0034-9887issn
0717-6163pii
S0034-98872016000400009journal_volume
144pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:BACKGROUND:During the last few years, multiple new medical schools have emerged in Chile, associated to the constant preoccupation to provide a good quality medical care. This created the need to evaluate medical training programs and to open a discussion about the attributes that a good physician should have. AIM:To ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872006000800001
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Determination of Alanine aminotransferase serum levels ([ALT]s) is a sensitive ana reliable test for liver diseases. AIM:To report the prevalence of abnormal [ALT]s in Chilean population and to identify associated variables. METHODS:We analyzed data from a random sub-sample of 2,794 adults surveyed during ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872013000700011
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia affects one every 400 individuals, is caused by mutations in the LDL receptor gene and is associated with premature coronary artery disease. Nowadays, LDL cholesterol can be efficiently reduced with the new therapies to reduce blood lipids. We report a female patient who cons...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872007000200011
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The september 1888 issue of the Journal contains an article by Luis Asta-Buruaga MD, "Ambulances in New York: a system to be instituted in Santiago. In addition to encouraging this project, the idea of establishing small hospitals in peripheral quarters of the city is discussed. Dr Asta-Buruaga was a graduate from Col...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 传,历史文章,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Syphilis continues to be a common sexually transmitted disease. AIM:To describe the epidemiologic features of patients with syphilis consulting in a Chilean sexually transmitted diseases clinic. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Review of medical records of patients with positive serology for syphilis, who attended a u...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872020000700956
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:Studies have reported which expectations and demands adolescents have for more accessible sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. However, there is limited information regarding parents' requirements and demands for SRH services their adolescents need. AIM:To explore the knowledge of parents regardin...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014001000005
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Serotonin reuptake inhibitors, used as antidepressants, may cause hyponatremia due to a syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone, specially in elders. Thirty cases with such complication have been reported in the last six years. We report a 76 years old female with a hypertensive cardiopathy and paroxysmal atria...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::This is a comparative review of sick leave and wage replacement policies among countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (EOCD), an organism that Chile joined recently. This review also deals with the main transformations applied to the system to improve its effciency and the variables th...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:/S0034-98872011000400013
更新日期:2011-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Dual-photon bone densitometry of the lumbar spine and hips was performed in 11 patients (9 females) with asymptomatic primary hyperparathyroidism and in 11 control subjects. The age was 54.7 +/- 14.8 years. The asymptomatic state of the disease was established by the absence of clinical or radiologic evidence of renal...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1992-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The Chilean Ministry of Health has been using standards for nutritional evaluation and weight gain recommendations during pregnancy in the last 25 years. In the meantime new standards have been developed. AIM:To study the combined influence of preconception maternal nutritional status and gestational weight...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872011000600003
更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a 11 years old male diagnosed as a X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome that presented with recurrent infections and sclerosing cholangitis and later developed a gallbladder cancer. Immunological evaluation showed decreased levels of serum IgG and IgA with elevated levels of IgM. Study of CD40 ligand expression on mi...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In Chile, 40% of deaths due to acute myocardial infarction occur in women. AIM:To assess the presence of cardiovascular risk factors in women with acute coronary syndromes. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Thirty four women aged 46 to 55 years old, admitted to the hospital due to an acute coronary syndrome and 102 age...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The etiology of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is heterogeneous and still under discussion. Inflammation increases during exacerbation of COPD. The identification of inflammatory changes will increase our knowledge and potentially guide therapy. AIM:To identify which inf...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872012000100002
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Yukpa aborigines start early in life their sexual activity and promiscuity with native and foreign individuals is common among women. This behavior allows the installation and propagation of Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). AIM:To determine the presence of antibodies to HSV-2 in a Yukpa Amerindian commu...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Since 1981, we have treated 46 adults aged 56 +/- 21 years, of whom 17 were diabetic, with intermittent peritoneal dialysis. Their mean time on dialysis has been 21 months with an accumulated experience of 493 months/patient. The program included 2 dialyses per week, 25 exchanges of 21 per session and 30 min of dwell ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Depressive symptoms and personality features of patients with mood disorders are supposed to have a strong variability in cross cultural studies. The clinical profile, the outcome and the treatment response seem to be different across the world. AIM:To investigate the differences and similarities of major d...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Gastric mucosal pH may be a good indicator of splanchnic tissue oxygenation. AIM:To study the effects of abdominal surgical procedures on gastric mucosal pH. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Eighteen patients subjected to abdominal surgery were studied. All patients received general anesthesia and hemodynamic paramete...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The prevalence of obesity among children and teenagers is increasing by 1.5% per year, probably due to a higher consumption of highly caloric foods and to physical inactivity. Hypercholesterolemia, increased insulin levels and high blood pressure of childhood obesity, precede atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::An alternative strategy for cancer treatment is the manipulation of the immune system, denominated cancer immunotherapy. The immunotherapeutical use of cells of the immune system, like dendritic cells (DC), is being explored in different clinical protocols. Recently, we finalized a clinical phase I protocol, for the t...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Waist to height ratio and ultrasensitive C-reactive protein are predictors of the presence of the metabolic syndrome in children. AIM:To determine the proportional risk of metabolic syndrome component clustering in children, using waist to height ratio and ultrasensitive C-reactive protein. MATERIAL AND ME...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872010001200006
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::This review examines the evidence about the relationship between dental procedures and the incidence of transient bacteremia. One of the main obstacles was to define "invasive dental procedure" as an indication for antimicrobial prophylaxis for patients with high risk of bacteremia. A search in WorldWideScience and Sc...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.4067/s0034-98872018000700899
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Burkitt lymphoma has a low incidence, is highly aggressive, may be endemic, sporadic or associated with immunodeficiency and it has a high frequency of extranodal involvement. Overall and relapse free survival in HIV patients is 72 and 71% respectively. However, the current protocol in Chile considers a posi...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872015001200001
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The content and bioavailability of iron contained in Chilean bread was studied in a random sample from 301 bakeries. A wet digestion procedure followed by a colorimetric method was used. Iron bioavailability was examined in 9 adult women using the extrinsic radioactive tag method. The iron content of bread was 2.4 +/-...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1991-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:A high proportion of women consulting for depression have a history of childhood abuse and trauma. AIM:To compare the efficacy and costs associated with a treatment that enquires directly into childhood trauma and understands present interpersonal difficulties as a compulsion to repeat the traumatic past, v...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:/S0034-98872010000400006
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Dopamine agonists (DA) effectively reduce tumor size of macroprolactinomas, with the consequent improvement of eventual visual impairment. AIM:To study the visual outcomes in patients with macroprolactinoma treated with DA. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Retrospective cohort study which included patients with macrop...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872013000600001
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A great progress in the knowledge about hepatitis virus has occurred in the last decades and several virus have been identified. Virus B, C and D are transmitted parenterally, while virus A and E use the enteral route. Highly effective vaccines for A and B hepatitis are presently available. Virus C is an important cau...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 社论,评审
doi:
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:There is consensus in promoting the selective use of glucocorticoids (GC) in the peri-operative period of transsphenoidal surgery (TE) for pituitary adenomas (PA). AIM:To evaluate the safety of a selective glucocorticoid administration protocol and the usefulness of immediate postoperative cortisol levels a...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872014000900004
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Since the first successful pregnancy from a frozen human oocyte was reported, remarkable technological progress has been made in the area of cryopreservation of human oocytes. We report a successful delivery of two healthy babies after transfer of vitrified-warmed embryos derived from intracytoplasmic sperm injection ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4067/S0034-98872017000300017
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of this work is to analyze the usefulness of rheumatoid factor determination in synovial fluid. One hundred twenty nine patients (29 with rheumatoid arthritis), in whom rheumatoid factor was simultaneously determined in serum and synovial fluid, were retrospectively analyzed. Serum rheumatoid factor had a 48% ...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Ultraviolet light exposure has a pathogenic effect on the development of skin cancer, whose prevalence increases worldwide. In Chile and the rest of the world, preventive educational campaigns are carried out to change high risk sun exposure behaviors. AIM:To study the behavior of the Chilean population tow...
journal_title:Revista medica de Chile
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0034-98872005000600007
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00