Law n. 219 of 2017 regulated Advance Treatment Arrangements by allowing the patient to express their treatment choices even for the future in the event of a supervening incapacity. The patient, therefore, may express prior consent or dissent with respect to future diagnostic-therapeutic options and/or individual medical treatments, including artificial hydration and/or nutrition practices. The paper examines the issue of the conflict of conscience of the physician called upon to carry out the patients decisions with the suspension or nonactivation of life-saving health treatments in the absence of a specific conscience clause regulated by law. A real missing piece.
Il tassello mancante. Disposizioni anticipate di trattamento, attività medica e obiezione di coscienza
Tiziana Di Iorio
2025-01-01
Abstract
Law n. 219 of 2017 regulated Advance Treatment Arrangements by allowing the patient to express their treatment choices even for the future in the event of a supervening incapacity. The patient, therefore, may express prior consent or dissent with respect to future diagnostic-therapeutic options and/or individual medical treatments, including artificial hydration and/or nutrition practices. The paper examines the issue of the conflict of conscience of the physician called upon to carry out the patients decisions with the suspension or nonactivation of life-saving health treatments in the absence of a specific conscience clause regulated by law. A real missing piece.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
