Legal perspectives of euthanasia in Colombia

Euthanasia, eutanic homicide, death by mercy, sweet death, dignified death and many other semantic descriptions to catalog the action that the Greeks called “good death” (eu = good, Thanatos = death), in Latin America, has been somewhat limited by virtue of the various criteria that can cover the legal, moral and bioethical, all somewhat similar. Analyzing legal aspects in Latin American countries that allow this practice of dignified death is the fundamental objective of this article. Initially, legal and jurisprudential aspects of Colombia will be observed to compare later with other countries that contemplate laws or provisions regarding euthanasia.