US EditionLiberal Uruguay and the right to die (legal assisted dying), The Economist
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Pablo Canepa was a normal, healthy 35-year-old Uruguayan. Handsome and extroverted, he was a talented graphic designer who loved to host barbecues with his girlfriend and was fanatical about Nacional, a local football team. Taking a shower in March 2022, he suddenly felt dizzy. He thought little of it.
The question of the end of life has been one of the most sensitive areas in which law, medicine and ethics intersect for several decades. French legislation, structured around the laws Leonetti (2005) and Claeys-Leonetti (2016), already enshrines the refusal of therapeutic harassment and enshrines the patient's right to a deep and continuous sedation until the death. However, these provisions, if they mark progress, are no longer sufficient to c…
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