La eutanasia en menores de edad en el régimen jurídico en Colombia: ¿prevalece el derecho médico o el consentimiento de los padres?

Abstract

In the present, the topic of euthanasia will be covered, seeking the meaning of the different aspects that compose it, taking into account euthanasia in neonates or newborns as a reference base to solve the central questioning, which originates mainly in establishing whether prima plus parental consent, or medical judgment; taking into account the circumstances outside this problem, such as the social, religious and cultural aspects, which in many cases are limited and display a large number of debates, because the argument can have different points of view, both positive and negative, some being against and others in favor of the matter in question. For the development of the topic, in the first instance, it will enter to define the legal field in terms of regulations, continuing to examine the scope of the medical criteria and the consent of the parents, to finally arrive at the determination by means of the weighting , either of these two premises has more value or weight.