Advance Directives of Will (Living Will): Ethical and Legal Implications Based on the Principle of Dignity of Human Person

Abstract

This paper, with methodology of philosophical, bibliographical and documentary research intends to apply the principle of dignity of human person to the vicissitudes around the advance directives of will, to the ethical aspects disciplined by the Code of Medical Ethics, as well as to what regards the legal aspects, involving the Federal Constitution, the Civil Code, the Code of Medical Ethics and the Resolution 1995/2012 (CFM). The principle of dignity of human person along with the consequent application in the principles of bioethics is considered in a personalistic perspective. This kind of approach is indicative of the interdisciplinarity of bioethics.

Keywords

• Dignidade da pessoa humana
• Diretivas antecipadas de vontade
• Ética
• Direito