La eutanasia y el derecho a la muerte digna en Ecuador
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Iustitia Socialis. Revista Arbitrada de Ciencias Jurídicas
Año VII. Vol. VII. N° 1. Edición Especial. 2022
Hecho el depósito de Ley: FA2016000064
ISSN: 2542-3371
FUNDACIÓN KOINONIA (F.K). Santa Ana de Coro, Venezuela
Iván Augusto Navas-Iturralde; Sergio Hernando Castillo-Galvis
760
http://dx.doi.org/10.35381/racji.v7i1.2202
La eutanasia y el derecho a la muerte digna en Ecuador
Euthanasia and the right to a dignified death in Ecuador
Iván Augusto Navas-Iturralde
ivan.navas.18@est.ucacue.edu.ec
Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Cuenca, Cuenca
Ecuador
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7792-7168
Sergio Hernando Castillo-Galvis
sergio.castillo.26@ucacue.edu.ec
Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Cuenca, Cuenca
Ecuador
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1196-4748
Recibido: 15 de agosto 2022
Revisado: 01 de octubre 2022
Aprobado: 15 de noviembre 2022
Publicado: 01 de diciembre 2022
Iustitia Socialis. Revista Arbitrada de Ciencias Jurídicas
Año VII. Vol. VII. N° 1. Edición Especial. 2022
Hecho el depósito de Ley: FA2016000064
ISSN: 2542-3371
FUNDACIÓN KOINONIA (F.K). Santa Ana de Coro, Venezuela
Iván Augusto Navas-Iturralde; Sergio Hernando Castillo-Galvis
761
RESUMEN
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la constitucionalidad de la eutanasia y el
derecho a la muerte digna en Ecuador. La metodología utilizada fue esencialmente el
análisis decasos, teniendo como resultado, la viabilidad de la muerte digna y su
ejercicio. Los conceptos de muerte digna, el alcance de la protección del derecho a la
vida, la dignidad, entre otros que fueron esenciales para la permisión de la eutanasia
en Colombia, han sido recogidos en similares términos en nuestra legislación,
jurisprudencia y doctrina, lo cual permite prever un escenario similar a corto, mediano
plazo.
Descriptores: Bioética; cambio social; sociología del cambio. (Tesauro UNESCO).
ABSTRACT
The objective of this article is to analyze the constitutionality of euthanasia and the
right to a dignified death in Ecuador. The methodology used was essentially the
analysis of cases, having as a result, the viability of the dignified death and its exercise.
The concepts of dignified death, the scope of protection ofthe right to life, dignity,
among others that were essential for the permission of euthanasia in Colombia, have
been collected in similar terms in our legislation, jurisprudence and doctrine, which
allows foreseeing a similar scenario in the short and medium term.
Descriptors: Bioethics; social change; sociology of change. (UNESCO Thesaurus).
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