Bioethical reflections about the finitude of life, palliative care and physical therapy

Abstract

The significant evolution in healthcare in the last decades has improved life expectancy, providing the opportunity to live longer and generating a new perception about death. Committed to this new perspective, bioethics proposes a reflection about the end of life, directing the attention of health professionals to palliative care, the practice of humanization and the principle of human dignity. Physical therapy is incresingly presente in the core of current discussions about health care facing the finitude of life, although the issue still needs further elaboration.