Mario Monicelli's Grande Guerra: the right of living and the choice of dying. Issue 9 (16th June 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gulino, Matteo; Frati, Giacomo; Vergallo, Gianluca Montanari; Frati, Paola
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical ethics. Volume 37:Issue 9(2011)
• Page Start: 573
• Page End: 576
• Publication Date: 2011-06-16
• Subjects: Bills -- Laws and Cases; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; 174.2
• DOI: 10.1136/jme.2011.042267
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-6800

Abstract

Abstract : Monicelli's suicide has reawakened a political and legal dispute about the medical role in end-of-life decisions, allowing us to discuss medical, ethical, legal, religious and political debate in various paradigmatic conscious and unconscious cases of end-of-life decision. We analyse the uncertainty about the 'a priori' choice between different specific legislative systems, highlighting the need for a unifying model, dictated by the existing trust in the critical relationship between patient and doctor, whose primary mission should be not only 'to cure' but also 'to care'.