Abstract

GARCIA PEREANEZ, José Antonio. CONSIDERATIONS OF BIO-LAW ON EUTHANASIA IN COLOMBIA. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp.200-221. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.2637.

This paper reflectively addresses the incidence of bio-law on euthanasia situations in Colombia by interpreting moral and legal disputes arising from the sentences of the Constitutional Court C239 of 1997, T970 of 2014, and Resolution 1216 of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of 2015. The main purpose is the analysis of judicial decisions regarding the end of human life. A review of the historical and legal construction of the euthanasia concept is done, and a discussion of its legal management and its influence on the moral collective is proposed. The concept of human dignity and dignified death are discussed to solve the ethical conflicts that euthanasia causes. Finally, the case of Ovidio González is analyzed; Mr Gonzalez became the first Colombian to receive euthanasia in a legal way within the health system in 2015.

Keywords : Bio-law; euthanasia; human dignity; dignified death; ethical conflicts.

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