Abstract

PICON-JAIMES, Yelson Alejandro et al. Euthanasia and assisted suicide: review and analysis of international legal frameworks compared with Colombia. Rev. Med [online]. 2022, vol.30, n.1, pp.55-65.  Epub June 30, 2023. ISSN 0121-5256.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.6092.

Advances in human rights are indispensable during the development of public policies in health and legal frameworks that guarantee integral health care; euthanasia and assisted suicide continue to be concepts widely discussed in medicine, and especially in bioethics due to the weight they have in the decision-making process of the terminal patient and palliative care. These terms, their use, approval, and legal regulation depend on the influence of various determinants such as biomedical research, religious beliefs, and sociocultural aspects. However, what allows the interpretation and observation of results are the practices supported by the legislation of each country; Colombia is the only country that has decriminalized euthanasia in the region and is actively progressing in related issues. In this order of ideas, the objective of this review is to analyze the international legal frameworks on the definition and use of euthanasia and assisted suicide to understand the evolution of regulations on end-of-life care.

Keywords : euthanasia; assisted suicide; bioethics; patient self-determination law; jurisprudence.

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