@article{ref1,
title="Bioethical issues in contemporary Brazilian culture: euthanasia and literature",
journal="Luso-Brazilian Review",
year="2017",
author="Gavioli, N.",
volume="54",
number="2",
pages="129-151",
abstract="This article focuses on the way in which contemporary Brazilian literature participates in the international debate regarding bioethical issues, with a particular focus on the representation and discussion of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Analyzing novels by Carlos Heitor Cony (A morte e a vida, 2007) and Eliane Brum (Uma duas, 2011), short texts by Moacyr Scliar and Dráuzio Varella in dialogue with scholars in Critical Disability Studies, I demonstrate how Brazilian literature today is engaged in such problematic discussions as: patients' rights, disability, and &quot;good death,&quot; presenting unusual points of view (A morte e a vida) and offering nuanced approaches that do not necessarily fit into binary simplifications for or against euthanasia (Uma duas). © 2017 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0024-7413",
doi="10.3368/lbr.54.2.129",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/lbr.54.2.129"
}