Tratamiento jurídico de la eutanasia en el Ecuador, posible implementación

Abstract

Abstract: In the present study, an attempt was made to approach euthanasia from an approach to the suffering of people with terminal illnesses; for which the following objective was raised "to determine if it is possible to regulate euthanasia within the Ecuadorian legal system"; The methodology used had a qualitative - descriptive approach, based on an inductive, deductive and comparative method, the technique used was documentary observation, among the results it can be mentioned that the contrasting legislations Holland and Spain maintain similar requirements, Colombia maintains legal gaps that they are contrary to the established regulations, but the requirements are similar, euthanasia is applied in the three countries for incurable cases and in some children and adolescents are included, concluding that in Ecuador its regulatory framework is negative, therefore, there are deep gaps legal and does not give way to the debate, which generates a breach of what is determined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the right to a dignified life.