A eutanásia e seus argumentos

Jorge Cruz

doi:10.14422/rib.i11.y2019.005

Authors

Jorge Cruz Hospital da Luz Arrábida http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8395-1095

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14422/rib.i11.y2019.005

Keywords:

euthanasia, assisted suicide, death, suffering, autonomy

Abstract

The author seeks to clarify the current meaning of euthanasia, distinguishing it from procedures that are acceptable from a clinical, ethical and legal standpoint. He then presents briefly the main arguments used in the reflection and debate of this theme. The main arguments in favor of euthanasia and/or assisted suicide are the relief of pain and suffering, considered unbearable by the patient, and respect for his personal autonomy. The main arguments against are the inviolability of human life and the risk of misuses and abuses. He concludes that the arguments in favor of euthanasia and/or assisted suicide are insufficient and unsatisfactory to justify its legalization.

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Author Biography

Jorge Cruz, Hospital da Luz Arrábida

O Doutor Jorge Cruz licenciou-se em 1992 no Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar, da Universidade do Porto.

É médico especialista em Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular desde 2001, tendo realizado o internato complementar no Serviço de Cirurgia Vascular do Hospital de S. João, no Porto.

Obteve o grau de Mestre em Bioética e Ética Médica, pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto em 2004, com a classificação de Muito Bom. Em 2012, obteve o grau de Doutor em Bioética pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa, também com a mais elevada classificação (Summa cum laude).

É autor dos livros Morte Cerebral – Do Conceito à Ética (Climepsi, 2004) e Que Médicos Queremos? – Uma abordagem a partir de Edmund D. Pellegrino (Almedina, 2012).

Exerce atividade clínica e cirúrgica no Hospital da Luz Arrábida.

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