Assisted-suicide in Italy: a new right?

Authors

  • Fernando Rey Martínez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5944/trc.46.2020.29126

Keywords:

right to die with dignity, terminally ill, assisted-suicide medically, euthanasia

Abstract

In Italy, assisted-suicide is prohibited criminally. Ordinanza n. 207 (2018) and the Sentenza n. 242 (2019) of the Costituzionale Court have, however, come to allow an exception: suicide-assited may be provided to terminally ill patients with serious conditions, if they depend on life-support medical treatment and have the capacity and freedom to decide. This paper concludes that this jurisprudence will be more symbolic than practical.

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Published

2020-12-16

How to Cite

Rey Martínez, F. (2020). Assisted-suicide in Italy: a new right?. Teoría y Realidad Constitucional, (46), 457–483. https://doi.org/10.5944/trc.46.2020.29126

Issue

No. 46 (2020): Encuesta sobre la protección de datos personales

Section

Panorámicas

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