TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Bioethical issues in contemporary Brazilian culture: euthanasia and literature
JO  - Luso-Brazilian Review
A1  - Gavioli, N.
SP  - 129
EP  - 151
VL  - 54
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 "good death," 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0024-7413
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/lbr.54.2.129
ID  - ref1
ER  -