EUTHANASIA OR PALLIATIVE CARE?: CRITERIA FOR DELIBERATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TUTORS, PROTECTORS AND VETERINARIANS

Abstract

Questioning the existence of ethical conflicts in assisting the health of animals
affected by care without the perspective of an objective cure, assessing the
perception of vulnerabilities by guardians, protectors and veterinarians. The
analysis of the question from the perspective of Bioethics saw the promotion of
means to support the decision-making process. For such, were carried out
focus groups in virtual deliberative spaces. The two participants were
categorized by means of the analysis of content in us: weaknesses,
values/principles, beliefs and potentialities, attesting to the hypothesis that
Bioethics can be taken as a tool in the intermediation of dialogue and in the
demystification of the confrontation between two palliative care and Gives
euthanasia in company animals.