Parliamentary debates on death with dignity in Argentina: The rights of terminal patients on the legislative agenda, 1996-2012 Debates parlamentarios sobre la muerte digna en Argentina: Los derechos de los pacientes terminales en la agenda legislativa, 1996-2012

ALONSO, JUAN PEDRO; VILLAREJO, AGUSTINA; BRAGE, EUGENIA

HISTóRIA, CIêNCIAS, SAúDE-MANGUINHOS

Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz

Lugar: Rio de Janeiro; Año: 2017 vol. 24 p. 1031 - 1048

0104-5970

This article examines the regulation on terminal patients? rights in Argentina at two points in time: the first attempts to regulate end-of-life rights (1996), and the ?death with dignity? law passed by the National Congress (2011-2012). Comparative analysis allows us to observe variations among the individuals and situations included in the legislation, as well as in the conceptualization of autonomy and the interventions that is considered lawful refuse. The political context and the differential way that ?death with dignity? entered the legislative agenda in each period determined the public?s construction of the problem and thus the extent and result of the debates.