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← vista completaPublicado el 19 de agosto de 2013 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2013.07.5749
La bioética en la medicina familiar para la protección de la dignidad de las personas epilépticas
Applying bioethics in family medicine to protect the dignity of patients with epilepsy
Abstract
Epilepsies constitute the most common chronic neurological condition in the world, even more than Parkinson's disease. Over 50 million people are affected, of which nearly 5 million live in Latin America and the Caribbean region. The socioeconomic and psychological consequences of epilepsy frequently lead to poor quality of life and suffering in these patients, more than the epileptic crises themselves. These consequences are related to different spheres of daily life such as personal independence, education, employment, development of interpersonal relationships (courtships or marriage) and in turn these daily life challenges affect the disease course. Bioethics is an effective tool in finding solutions to the conflicts and dilemmas inherited from the past and to narrow the gap in the present.
