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“No life is unworthy because of the mental disorder it endures”. Bioethical assessment of the Noa Pothoven case.

Is it a case or a trend? Are patients diagnosed with incurable mental disorder being left starving in some countries? Noa Pothoven, a Dutch 17-year-old, was left to die of starvation on 2 June. The teenager had suffered post-traumatic stress, anorexia and depression for several...

Posted On 30 Jul 2019

, By Manuel Zunin

Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, recognized founder of applied personalist bioethics, dies

Posted On 29 Jul 2019

, By Manuel Zunin

Reflections on Vincent Lambert paradigmatic case. Death of starvation promulgated by law, an objectively euthanasic act

Posted On 23 Jul 2019

, By Bioethics Observatory - Institute of Life Sciences UCV