Citation

Martínez FR. BioLaw Journal 2015; 2015(2): 245-260.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015)

DOI

10.15168/blj.v4i2.90

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In its judgment in Carter v. Canada, on February 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada has come to recognize that medical help to die (physician-assisted suicide and active euthanasia direct) is a fundamental right. Examining the validity of the criminal law prohibiting assisted suicide (including hospice), has concluded that it is unconstitutional to deny medical help to die adult patients relevant to the request as a result of an illness or disability that causes them permanent and irreversible intolerable suffering. This paper analyzes and critically evaluates this relevant decision. © 2017, University of Trento.

Language: es

Keywords

Euthanasia; Physician-assisted suicide; Informed consent; Legal problems of euthanasia in Canada; Patient's right to make decisions at the end of his life