La eutanasia en la bioética ecuatoriana.

Abstract

The Ecuadorian constitution protects the right of dignified life, thus establishing the inviolability of it in any way by punishing anyone who infringes on this right. While it is known, in Ecuadorian legislation, euthanasia is an issue that encompasses a great deal of controversy. In the present work, I expose euthanasia from the perspective of bioethics, the types of euthanasia that exist, its four bioethical principles created by Beauchamp and Childress, the arguments for and against, what bioethical principles are against euthanasia, alternative measures to it and substantiate the reason why article sixty-six guarantees the protection of the right of dignified life. Allowing people suffering from a catastrophic disease to consider alternative measures to be able to have a life that they consider worthy in order to live it fairly, therefore, respecting the constitutional right of dignified life and the inviolability of it.