El derecho a la vida digna necesario en enfermedades catastróficas y en la eutanasia.

Abstract

In the health sector, technology and innovations have reached peaks that, just a few years ago, were difficult to imagine. These advances have brought great advantages to medical care in society. But they have also resulted in the creation of life and suffering that prolongs what is meaningless, specifically prepared for those who are terminally ill or even incurable. They are the ones who present their findings on the state of life of the patients, not only due to this suffering but also due to the deprivation of well-being and quality of life. Given this warning, the question arises: what does it mean to realize the right to live with dignity in the face of devastating diseases and euthanasia? It is definitely possible to conclude that such a broad understanding of rights or a set of rights, which includes: a dignified life and quality of life without neglecting the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment, and the autonomy of the patient and his life plan, allows terminally ill patients to choose the moment of their death when they consider that their life has lost its dignity.