Assisted Suicide for Irreversible Patients on Life Support? The Intricate Italian Journey Towards Conforming with the Legislation of Spain, Austria, and Portugal.

Gianluca Montanari Vergallo, Susanna Marinelli, Nicola Di Fazio, Simona Zaami, Paola Frati

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Gianluca Montanari VergalloDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.

Susanna MarinelliSchool of Law, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60121 Ancona, Italy.ORCID 0009-0009-5135-8196

Nicola Di FazioDepartment of Life Sciences, Health and Health Professions, Link Campus University, 00165 Rome, Italy.

Simona ZaamiDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5741-7139

Paola FratiDepartment of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0358-7965

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assisted suicideConstitutional Court comparative lawdignityend-of-life decisionspalliative careright to dieself-determination

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PMID40281833

DOI10.3390/healthcare13080885

PMCPMC12027273

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