https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.1994.999
L'eutanasia in Olanda: risposta legislativa ad una prassi iniqua
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L'articolo prende in esame la situazione normativa sull'eutanasia in Olanda, cercando di sottolineare il significato e la reale portata della innovazione legislativa al fine di contenere le errate interpretazioni secondo le quali sarebbe stata legalizzata l'eutanasia in tale Paese. Considerando, infatti, che in Olanda a partire dal gennaio 1994, l'eutanasia è stata inclusa fra le cause di morte che debbono essere espressamente specificate dal medico al momento del decesso del paziente, sono stati analizzati i tempi e i modi in cui la pratica dell'eutanasia può essere messa in atto. Si sono quindi osservate le modalità secondo le quali la suddetta prassi diventerebbe ex-lege atto non perseguibile per il medico, presentando i requisiti di legittimità e parimenti le ipotesi in cui comunque il sanitario curante potrebbe incorrere in un procedimento penale dal momento che il reato di omicidio resta immodificato nel codice penale, essendone tal une evenienze scriminanti di punibilità. Gli Autori concludono, infine, che ad ogni modo una codificazione normativa in tale ambito ed in tal senso non può garantire la tutela dell'assistito nè essere immune da rischi per chi la realizza e, pertanto, ne risulterebbe inopportuna l'ipotesi di attuazione nel nostro Paese.
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