Citation

Vecchio I, Tornali C, Rampello L, Rigo GS, Migliore M, Rampello L. Acta Med. Mediterr. 2012; 28(3): 185-190.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Edizioni Carbone)

DOI

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Abstract

Euthanasia is a sensitive and controversial issue in bioethics. Its origin dates to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and it developed, as a socio-cultural problem, only in the twentieth century. In this paper, the authors emphasize the most significant historical steps of euthanasia, giving a brief overview of the concepts behind supporters and opponents of euthanasia.

Language: en

Keywords

human; Death; quality of life; assisted suicide; Euthanasia; article; euthanasia; informed consent; palliative therapy; active euthanasia; terminally ill patient; medical society; Bioethics; Brain death; bioethics; ethical decision making; patient autonomy; Vegetative state