End-of-life practices: a bioethical analysis of Brazilian Legislative projects, 1981-2020
Melisse Eich,
Marta Verdi,
Mirelle Finkler
et al.
Abstract:Voluntary active euthanasia (VAE) and assisted suicide (AS) constitute end-of-life practices that aim to minimize the suffering of people with incurable diseases, preserving their human dignity in the face of death. However, taboos and controversies still surround them. This study aims to investigate the legal-normative status of these practices in Brazil via a qualitative documentary research with data from the Federal Legislative Power websites from 1981 and 2020. The dialectical hermeneutic proposal of this… Show more
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