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Abstract
Summary: Nowadays, technological development makes possible to keep alive a person by using life support in the ICU. However, extending life does not always entail a benefit for the patient. Sometimes it could produce some damages, causing the situation known like "therapeutic obstinacy].
Objective: Knowing the role played by nurses in the limitation of therapeutic effort (LTE).
Methods: Literature review of original articles in both Spanish and English languages, published in Enfispo, Cuiden, IBECS, IME, SciELO and PubMed in the last 10 years.
Results: A sort of 41 articles based in some kind of selective process.
Conclusion: Decision-making in the nursing role is not currently described. Therefore, the proposal is to create a clinical practice guidelines related to LET in order to clarify the role of professionals involved in their practice.
期刊介绍：
Revista ROL de Enfermería es una publicación abierta a todos aquellos trabajos que tengan como objetivo contribuir a la difusión del conocimiento científico en la atención de enfermería en sus diferentes ámbitos de actuación. Revista ROL de Enfermería considerará para su publicación los trabajos que dentro del marco general de las ciencias de la salud, tengan interés por los conocimientos e informaciones que aporten para contribuir al desarrollo y a la formación continuada de los profesionales de enfermería.
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