2016
DOI: 10.1590/1983-80422016242136
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Eutanásia e suicídio assistido em países ocidentais: revisão sistemática

Abstract: In 2015 the issue of assisted death was widely publicized by the international media after the first legal euthanasia case was held in Colombia. Also in this same year, assisted suicide was legalized in Canada and in the state of California in the United States. Currently, assisted death is allowed in four Western European countries: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland; two North American countries: Canada and the US, in the states of Oregon, Washington, Montana, Vermont and California; and Colomb… Show more

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“…In the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Canada, both assisted suicide and euthanasia are legalized for patients in irreversible medical condition, suffering from constant, unbearable suffering and can not be relieved 2 . In Colombia and Belgium, euthanasia is also legalized for patients suffering from unbearable physical or mental suffering 3 .…”
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“…In the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Canada, both assisted suicide and euthanasia are legalized for patients in irreversible medical condition, suffering from constant, unbearable suffering and can not be relieved 2 . In Colombia and Belgium, euthanasia is also legalized for patients suffering from unbearable physical or mental suffering 3 .…”
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“…), Holanda, Bélgica, Luxemburgo y, más cercano a nuestro contexto, Colombia, por contar con marcos normativos que permite la intervención externa en el proceso de muerte de pacientes. Con matices, la legislación de estos países establece como condiciones para su aplicación el carácter irreversible de la enfermedad que aqueja al paciente, encontrarse en una fase terminal de la misma, la existencia de sufrimiento físico o psicológico, la expresión de la voluntad del paciente de recibir el tratamiento letal y la importancia de la opinión médica, tanto en materia del juicio de la irreversibilidad del avance de la enfermedad, como para proporcionar la información médica necesaria al paciente, con el fin de que este pueda tomar la decisión en conocimiento de la gravedad real de su situación (5)(6)(7)(8).…”
Section: Discursos Ciudadanos Acerca De La Muerte En Condiciones De Dunclassified
“…Orthostatic or passive euthanasia is ensured by the Constitution, as it aims to guarantee dignified death to the terminally ill patient, who has the autonomy to refuse inhuman and degrading treatment (CASTRO et al, 2016).…”
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