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01-06-2007 | End of Life: National Legislations

End-of-life care in Brazil

Authors: Márcio Soares, Renato G. G. Terzi, Jefferson P. Piva

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2007

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Brazil is a vast developing country with marked social, educational, cultural, and economical discrepancies. Current overall life-expectancy is approx. 72 years and is increasing. The elderly population (> 65 years old) estimated for the year 2020 will be 9% of the entire Brazilian population. In general, low-income patients are cared for in public hospitals, while high-income patients and those covered by health insurances are cared for in private hospitals. Intensive care units (ICU) are located mostly in metropolitan areas, predominantly in the southeast and south of the country. …

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Title: End-of-life care in Brazil
Authors: Márcio Soares
Renato G. G. Terzi
Jefferson P. Piva
Publication date: 01-06-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0623-1

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