Autonomia do enfermo: visão bioética sobre a capacidade de escolha do paciente em processo de terminalidade da vida

Abstract

The subject of this work concerns the autonomy of the patient in the terminal state.More specifically, on the decision-making on the deathbed, with the aim of verifying whether the principle of human dignity is being satisfied and whether the patient's will is being respected. The research sought to investigate different currents of thought about the proposed theme. The present work approaches through the most diverse angles the right to die worthily and the capacity to make choices about the conduct of one's own death. A reflection on a theme that is not dealt with liberally between everyday conversations or in Brazilian legislation and that needs to be discussed and debated incessantly, since all human beings will reach the end of their life or of close ones and will need choices that involve autonomy, dignity and the right to choose.