Eutanásia: investigações a partir da dignidade da pessoa humana e da autonomia do (a) paciente

Abstract

It is well known that our country's legal system has numerous provisions that aim to ensure that all human beings respect their human dignity and autonomy, however there are certain situations, such as euthanasia, in which the presence of these aspects can be implied. About this, this monograph aims to answer the following questions: What is the position given by the Brazilian legal system on Euthanasia? And in which situations should the patient's will prevail over the Right to Life? In order to provide a greater understanding of euthanasia, this monograph aims to correlate it with the Principle of Human Dignity and patient autonomy. At first, aspects related to human dignity and the right to life will be presented, taking into account the position given by bioethics and biolaw. Subsequently, the institute of euthanasia, orthothanasia, assisted suicide, dysthanasia and misthanasia will be presented. Finally, the patient's autonomy will be discussed and some cases will be analyzed. It is a research that adopted the deductive method and that will use the qualitative research, in the most used the case study as a research modality. Finally, it should be noted that the present study observed and was able to conclude that the legalization of euthanasia in Brazil is seen as a violation of the right to life, and for this reason, the patient's autonomy and human dignity are placed in second place. plan in the name of the valuation that is given to this right, however, it is understood that euthanasia should be applied in cases of patients affected by diseases considered incurable and that cause intense pain and suffering to their bearer.