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<journal-id>0873-2159</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Port Pneumol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0873-2159</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Pneumologia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Medicina intensiva no fim da vida: Reflexão sobre o posicionamento da Igreja católica]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Intensive medicine in the End-of-life Care: Considerations on the disposition of the Catholic church]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Monteiro]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Filipe]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Santa Maria Serviço de Pneumologia ]]></institution>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2007</year>
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<volume>13</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>605</fpage>
<lpage>612</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[End-of-life care cyclically occupies the headlines of the mass media. The disposition of the Catholic church, this matter, although unknown to many, has been the subject of discussion and controversy. In this article we analysed various documents of that religious institution, as well as the opinion of some well known personalities who studied this theme from a Catholic perspective.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ética]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[medicina intensiva]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[fim da vida]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Igreja católica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ethics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[intensive medicine]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[end-of-life]]></kwd>
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</front><body><![CDATA[ <p ><b>Medicina intensiva no fim da vida. Reflexão sobre o posicionamento      da Igreja católica</b></p>      <p ><b>Intensive medicine in the End-of-life Care. Considerations on the disposition of the Catholic church</b></p>         <p ><b>Filipe Monteiro</b><sup><a href="#1">1</a><a name="top1"></a></sup></p>        <p>&nbsp;</p>      <p ><b>Resumo</b></p>         <p align="justify" >O fim da vida e os cuidados médicos são ciclicamente notícia    nos órgãos da comunicação social. A posição da Igreja católica, em relação à    qual existe um grande desconhecimento, tem estado, paradoxalmente, na origem    de alguma controvérsia. Neste artigo, analisamos e reflectimos sobre os vários    documentos daquela instituição religiosa, bem como a opinião de algumas personalidades    que estudaram esta temática numa perspectiva católica.</p>     <p ><b>Palavras-chave</b>: Ética, medicina intensiva, fim da vida, Igreja católica</p>      <p>&nbsp;</p>       <p><b>Abstract</b></p>        <p align="justify">End-of-life care cyclically occupies the headlines of the mass    media. The disposition of the Catholic church, this matter, although unknown    to many, has been the subject of discussion and controversy. In this article    we analysed various documents of that religious institution, as well as the    opinion of some well known personalities who studied this theme from a Catholic    perspective.</p>          ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p ><b>Key-words</b>: Ethics, intensive medicine, end-of-life, Catholic church</p>     <p >&nbsp;</p>     <p >Texto completo disponível apenas em PDF.</p>     <p>Full text only available in PDF format.</p>     <p>&nbsp;</p>     <p ><b>Bibliografia / Bibliography</b></p>          <!-- ref --><p >1. González MAS. História, teoria y método de la medicina: introducción al pensamiento médico. Barcelona: Masson, 1998: 150.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=000019&pid=S0873-2159200700040000600001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --><p >2. Cabral R. Princípios de autonomia, beneficência, não maleficência e justiça. <i>In: </i>Archer L, Biscaia J, Osswald W (Eds.). Bioética. Lisboa: Editorial Verbo, 1996: 58.</p>      <p >3. Pessini L. Distanásia: até quando prolongar a vida? São Paulo: Edições Loyola: 2001.</p>      <p >4. Papa João Paulo II. O evangelho da vida. Lisboa: Editora Rei dos Livros, 1995: 116.</p>      ]]></body>
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