Abstract

GARCIA SANCHEZ, Emilio  and  GARCIA GARCES, Laura. Technifying death. The risks of dehumanizing end-of-life care. Humanidades (Montevideo. En línea) [online]. 2021, n.10, pp.103-140.  Epub Dec 01, 2021. ISSN 1510-5024.  https://doi.org/10.25185/10.5.

Facing the end of life, achieving a good death requires such genuinely human needs that science and medical technique are insufficient. But this limitation does not constitute a total denial of the existence of positive elements in the inevitable technicalization of the dying process that could contribute to its humanization. After an analytical review of the scientific literature on the care of terminal patients, we conclude that there are some reasons, truths and aspects of death that science and medical technique fail to understand, and that, therefore, are they insufficient to deal with them humanely. In conclusion, we propose palliative care as the best alternative to humanize death and counteract some negative effects of its current technification

Keywords : technify; death; palliative care; dignity.

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