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Title: | Persons with mental disorders and assisted dying practices in Spain: an overview |
Author: | Ramos Pozón, Sergio Terribas-Sala, Núria Falcó Pegueroles, Anna M. (Anna Marta) Román Maestre, Begoña |
Keywords: | Eutanàsia Persones amb discapacitat mental Ètica mèdica Euthanasia People with mental disabilities Medical ethics |
Issue Date: | 4-Mar-2023 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Abstract: | On 25 June 2021, the Law on Euthanasia in Spain came into force, providing for two modes of helping an individual end their life: euthanasia and/or medically assisted suicide. Among the requisites that a request for euthanasia has to fulfil are that the individual must be suffering a severe, chronic and debilitating condition or a severe and incurable disease, at the same time as that person shows the necessary competence to decide. The possibility exists that a patient suffering mental health problems submits such a request; however, the specific characteristics of a mental health disorder make such a request considerably more complex. In this article, based on a narrative review of the law itself and the related literature, the requisites established under the law are analysed from an ethical-legal perspective with the aim of defining when a request for euthanasia from a person with a mental health disorder may be deemed legitimate and in line with legal provisions. This should help clinicians make rational, reasoned decisions when dealing with a request of this type. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101871 |
It is part of: | International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 2023, vol. 87 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/195880 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101871 |
ISSN: | 0160-2527 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Infermeria Fonamental i Clínica) |
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