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19/06/2012
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The Committee on Constitution and Justice and Citizenship will hold a public hearing on Thursday (21) to discuss the Draft Law 6715/09, the Senate, which allows terminally ill opt for suspension of medical procedures that keep him alive artificially (orthothanasia .)
The project was approved with amendments by the Committee on Social Security and Family and is awaiting vote in the CCJ. The debate was proposed by the rapporteur of the proposal, Mr Pastor Marco Feliciano (PSC-SP), who wants to collect subsidies for its opinion.
"The orthothanasia death is natural, without interference in science. Some authorities believe that scientific and intellectual therapeutic intervention against the wishes of the patient, is an attack on their dignity. Society in general and families in particular are concerned with safeguarding the quality of life of the person, even in death, "he said.
The orthothanasia differs from euthanasia, which is the act of causing the death of a patient to end his suffering, usually by applying a lethal dose of medication or the suspension of supply (in case of vegetative patients).
Were invited to the debate:
- Health Minister, Alexandre Padilha;
- President of the Supreme Court (STF), Carlos Ayres Britto;
- President of the Federal Council of Medicine, Roberto Luiz D'ávila;
- President of the Brazilian Medical Association, José Luiz Gomes do Amaral;
- President of the General Convention of the Assemblies of God in Brazil, Jose Wellington Bezerra da Costa;
- President of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, Dom Raymundo Damasceno;
- The director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Bioethics, Hospital São Francisco de Assis, Elizabeth Kipman Cerqueira;
- Professor at the University of Rio de Janeiro Rodolfo Acatauassú Nunes.
The meeting will be held at 10 am, in a plenary 1.
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