História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos ISSN: 0104-5970
[email protected] Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Brasil Alonso, Juan Pedro; Villarejo, Agustina; Brage, Eugenia Parliamentary debates on death with dignity in Argentina: the rights of terminal patients on the legislative agenda, 1996-2012 História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos, vol. 24, núm. 4, octubre-diciembre, 2017, pp. 1- 17 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386154596010 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Parliamentary debates on death with dignity in Argentina Parliamentary debates ALONSO, Juan Pedro; VILLAREJO, on death with dignity in Agustina; BRAGE, Eugenia. Parliamentary debates on death with dignity in Argentina: the rights of Argentina: the rights of terminal patients on the legislative agenda, 1996-2012. terminal patients on the História, Ciências, Saúde – Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro, v.24, n.4, out.-dez. 2017. legislative agenda, Available at: http://www.scielo.br/hcsm. 1996-2012 Abstract This article examines the regulation on terminal patients’ rights in Argentina at two points in time: the first attempts to regulate end-of-life rights (1996), and the “death with dignity” law passed by the National Congress (2011-2012). Comparative analysis allows us to Juan Pedro Alonso observe variations among the individuals Assistant researcher, Consejo Nacional and situations included in the legislation, de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas/Instituto de Investigaciones as well as in the conceptualization Gino Germani/Universidad de Buenos Aires.