Living Wills in functioning: A legal tool with therapeutic aims

  • Laura Díaz
  • Teresa López-fando
  • Javier Barbero
  • Cristina Coca
  • Carola del Rincón
Keywords: Living Wills, Decision making process, End-of-life

Abstract

In spite of important advances in diseases treatment, death is still unavoidable for humanbeing. Therefore, it should be taken into account that “well-dying” is one of the goals of Medicine. From Psychooncology, Living Wills (LV) are a legal tool with therapeutic aims. They are a way to open dialogue about topics related to death and a valious instrument for moral deliberation and decision making process. If LV are developed in a therapeutic context of mutual trust, they become a helper of well-being for patient and family.

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Published
2008-06-15
How to Cite
Díaz L., López-fando T., Barbero J., Coca C. y Rincón C. d. (2008). Living Wills in functioning: A legal tool with therapeutic aims. Psicooncología, 5(1), 117-127. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/PSIC0808130117A
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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2008)
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