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The Thanatology is a comprehensive discipline that studies the phenomenon of death in human beings, by applying the scientific method or forensic techniques, trying to solve and deal with conflict situations that happen around her, from different areas of knowledge, such as medicine, psychology, religion and law.From a psychological perspective it is focused to establish between the sick transit's death, his family and medical personnel who attends, a bond of trust, security and well-being, as well as encourage sick Terminal, the care necessary to ensure a dignified death and peace.The thanatology goals focus on the quality of life of the terminally ill, avoiding unnecessary prolongation of life, as well as his premature shortening, leading to a proper death, characterized by the following acción:atención the psychological suffering. Attention to the significant relationship of the patient. Care of physical pain. Attention to the spiritual suffering. Attention to the last wishes. Attention to legal issues. [An important feature of the thanatology as a branch of medicine], is to help the terminally ill, all necessary palliative care in any field of action, and help the family of the patient to cope with and develop the process of mourning produced by the latter's death.Forensic medicine studies and determines the cause of death, its mechanisms and its production, among other data.

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