Ortotanásia e o direito à morte digna

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to understand orthothanasia and the right to a dignified life, and the specific objectives are to analyze the Constitution and its principles, verify the application of principles, rights and fundamental guarantees, study the New Code of Medical Ethics and orthonasia, investigate the typification of the terminal patient in the light of modern medicine and theorize about the application of the dignity of the human person in the case of orthasia. The methodology used is literature review, through bibliographic research. It is concluded that the choice of death through orthothasiasis is essentially based on the subjective concept of the patient with terminal or incurable disease, always taking into account respect for the dignity of the human person.