Análisis sobre la implementación de la eutanasia en el Ecuador.

Abstract

Euthanasia, assisted suicide and dignified death are part of the concepts that are daily debated, but not approved, medical practices requested by those patients who do not consider them simple concepts, but solutions, manifestations of will and dignity, in search of a dignified death. Latin American countries such as Colombia and Argentina have been among the few brave countries to debate these medical practices, legalizing and regulating their use, access, consent, and practice, reflecting an advanced society. In Ecuador, the issue of euthanasia, assisted suicide and dignified death, is a topic that has not entered into debate, so that its practice or any action that resembles it can be considered as murder or manslaughter, crimes that are regulated in the Organic Integral Penal Code. Therefore, this paper will analyze the implementation of euthanasia in Ecuador.