Euthanasia: trends and opinions in Spain

Bernal-Carcelén, I

doi:10.18176/resp.00020

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“…Funeral rituals are still performed in the context of Catholicism, even for lesser believers, and most of the acts performed are religious. However, secularization and the culture of denial of suffering, paradoxically so alien to the Catholic tradition, have recently put the concern for dignified death and euthanasia on the social and political agenda of the country (Bernal-Carcelén, 2020), opening new debates about death.…”

Section: Death In Spain Before and After The Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nobody Should Die Alone. Loneliness and a Dignified Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hernández-Fernández

Falcón

2021

Omega (Westport)

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During the direst months of the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people died alone. This study analyzes these deaths, which occurred without the presence of loved ones, and seeks to a) examine the significance for relatives, as well as professionals, of dying alone, b) determine if these solitary deaths can be considered dignified, or good deaths, and c) evaluate if the treatment of the cadavers and the funeral rites transpired with the desired dignity and sensitivity. The study was carried out in the autonomous community of Madrid using a qualitative, phenomenological, and interpretative approach through in-depth interviews of 49 informants, professionals and relatives. Interviews were conducted between July and November of 2020, followed by an interpretive, categorical, qualitative analysis. Among the key findings are that during the most critical months, deaths lacked the desired dignity, even though the involved professionals did their best to accompany and dignify the deaths.

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Section: Death In Spain Before and After The Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nobody Should Die Alone. Loneliness and a Dignified Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Hernández-Fernández

Falcón

2021

Omega (Westport)

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“…The analysis of results from both kinds of study generates a more favorable view of euthanasia among healthcare professionals than among the general population. Thus, in 2019, 71.2% of the Spanish population was in favor of euthanasia, a percentage that rose to 83% among the medical profession (Bernal-Carcelén, 2020). In both groups, support for euthanasia tends to be sustained by two kinds of arguments: (1) individual autonomy in decision-making about the end of life; and (2) the desire to end unbearable suffering in situations of incurable illness.…”

Section: Attitudes To Euthanasia and Abortion In Europementioning

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Abortion and euthanasia: Explanatory factors of an association in Thanatos. Analysis of the European Values Study

Silvestre

Aristegui²,

Beloki³

2022

Front. Polit. Sci.

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The European Values Study (EVS), and also the World Values Survey (WVS), have for decades included a question that asks about the degree of justification of different behaviors and actions, including abortion and euthanasia. Our research aims to study which factors influence the abortion/euthanasia association in Spain and whether this association is also observed in other countries. A factor analysis of the Spanish sample shows that a number of items related to sexuality and death tend to cluster together. This factor could be called “Eros-Thanatos,” and includes the justification of abortion and euthanasia, in terms of ideological consistency. The analysis shows that in Spain, as well as in Europe generally, not being a religious person is the principal factor associated with the greater justification of abortion and euthanasia. The article analyses whether this association in the Spanish data is something that can be generalized to other European countries or whether, on the contrary, there are factors such as culture and the historical past of the countries that modify the relationship. Correspondence analyses applied to different questions in the questionnaire show that it is possible to establish different dividing lines in Europe according to the values of its citizens, shaping a north-south axis and a west-east axis, in which the processes of secularization in Western Europe or the rise in institutional religion in the former Soviet republics might lie behind.

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“…Recently, SPAIN joined this list, where a law in favor of euthanasia was approved by Parliament on March 18, 2021. The law governs both euthanasia—described as “the administration of a substance to the patient by a competent health worker”—and medically assisted suicide, “the prescription or administration by a health professional of a substance to the patient, so that the latter can take it autonomously, to cause its death” (Bernal-Carcelén, 2020 ).…”

Section: European Perspectivementioning

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Italian Legal Euthanasia: Unconstitutionality of the Referendum and Analysis of the “Italian” Problem

Marrone

Berardi²,

Solarino

et al. 2022

Front. Sociol.

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The term “euthanasia” refers to medical interventions that involve the direct administration of a lethal drug to the patient who requests it and meets certain requirements. Currently in Italy euthanasia constitutes a crime and falls within the hypotheses foreseen and punished by Article 579 (Murder of consenting person) or by article 580 (Instigation or aid to suicide) of the penal code. On the contrary, medically assisted suicide in some cases and the suspension of treatment constitute an inviolable right pursuant to art. Thirty two of the Constitution and Law 219/2017. Thanks to the sentence 242/2019 of the Constitutional Court, in Italy it is instead possible to request medically assisted suicide, that is, the indirect help of a doctor to die. There are four conditions required: whoever requests it must be fully capable of understanding and willing, must have an irreversible pathology that is the bearer of severe physical or mental disease, and must survive thanks to life-saving treatments. The Italian referendum “Free until the end” aims to introduce legal euthanasia through the partial repeal of art. 579 c.p. which punishes the murder of the consenting party. The authors analyze the reasons for the referendum in the light of the Italian and European scenario, analyzing the first Italian case of assisted suicide immediately after the referendum which inevitably becomes a starting point for ethical and medico-legal reflection on the issue. On 02.15.2022 the Italian Constitutional Court declared the Referendum on Legal Euthanasia inadmissible.

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Euthanasia: trends and opinions in Spain

Cited by 15 publications

References 2 publications

Nobody Should Die Alone. Loneliness and a Dignified Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Nobody Should Die Alone. Loneliness and a Dignified Death During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abortion and euthanasia: Explanatory factors of an association in Thanatos. Analysis of the European Values Study

Italian Legal Euthanasia: Unconstitutionality of the Referendum and Analysis of the “Italian” Problem

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