Da capacidade jurídica do paciente terminal

Abstract

The present research aims at gathering legal issues, closely related to the field of medical science, since it is impossible to analyze the "legal capacity of a terminal patient" without the support of professionals doctors who are qualified and have the scientific knowledge on the human being; this enables them to establish parameters for the diagnosis and prognosis of illnesses; it also enables them to provide some guidance in terms of conducts to adopt to heal and, when that is not possible, the means for the patient's comfort and well-being. This line of thought lead us to believe that the development of the chapters, included in this work is justified, as it approaches themes from the concept of "terminal patients" and their medical and legal complications to the aspects of ethics, morals, religiousness including those enabling to express a philosophical reasoning on "life" and "death". We also found the need to stress the problems surrounding "euthanasia"; indeed, among the situations, which require to make a decision and show one's will, deciding on one's own destiny, that is making a decision between life and death definitely imposes extremely serious considerations as for the criteria to give value to in order to choose the right path. We believe, we must absolutely seek a way to find the proper forms of enactment as well as the correct behavior for all the people who interact with the patient