Dysthanasia - Citizendia

In medicine, dysthanasia means "bad death"^[1] and is considered a common fault of modern medicine:^[2]

With artificial ventilation, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, it can be extremely difficult to die in a medical center with access to these advanced modalities of life support. Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the Medicine is the art and science of healing It encompasses a range of Health care practices evolved to maintain and restore Human Health by the In Medicine, mechanical ventilation is a method to mechanically assist or replace spontaneous breathing when patients cannot do so on their own A Ventricular assist device, or VAD, is a mechanical device that is used to partially or completely replace the function of a failing Heart. In Intensive care medicine, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO is an Extracorporeal technique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support Oxygen Life support, in the medical field refers to a set of therapies for preserving a patient's life when essential body systems are not functioning sufficiently to sustain life unaided

Dysthanasia is a term generally used when a person is seen to be kept alive artificially in a condition where, otherwise, they cannot survive; typically for some sort of ulterior motive. The term was used frequently in the investigation into the death of Formula One driver Ayrton Senna in 1994. The death of Formula One triple world champion Ayrton Senna resulted from a crash that occurred while he was leading the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix Ayrton Senna da Silva ( pronounced, March 21, 1960 &ndash May 1, 1994) was a Brazilian racing driver and triple Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

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^ Kothari M, Mehta L, Kothari V. "Cause of death--so-called designed event acclimaxing timed happenings. ". J Postgrad Med 46 (1): 43–51. PMID 10855082. Free Full Text.
^ Batchelor A, Jenal L, Kapadia F, Streat S, Whetstine L, Woodcock B (2003). "Ethics roundtable debate: should a sedated dying patient be wakened to say goodbye to family?". Crit Care 7 (5): 335–8. doi:10.1186/cc2329. A digital object identifier ( DOI) is a permanent identifier given to an Electronic document. PMID 12974961. Free Full Text.

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