Publicación: «Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying»
Nuestro compañero Luis Espericueta, investigador de FiloLab, ha publicado recientemente en la revista Healthcare Policy el artículo "Advance Requests for Medical Assistance in Dying in the International Context: Some Legal Issues for the Canadian Case". En este enlace tenéis acceso al preprint del artículo, cuyo abstract se reproduce a continuación. Abstract An advance request for medical assistance in dying (ARM) is a document that allows individuals to request euthanasia if they lose their decision-making capacity. Currently, it is available in all countries where medical assistance in dying is permitted for individuals suffering from a serious and incurable illness whose natural death is not reasonably foreseeable, except in Canada. In this country, various citizen and parliamentary initiatives are considering the inclusion of this document in national legislation. This article presents for the…
