Right to life vs. private autonomy: Euthanasia and the right to dignified death

Euthanasia is nothing more than the patient's search (in a situation of serious illness and suffering) to achieve a dignified death, both under the subjective gaze of his own interests, and the protection of his subsistence at the time of his suffering. The present study seeks to align the private interests of the terminally ill patient with the norms of the Democratic Rule of Law, which adopts the sacralization of life and imputes to this right a superiority in the legal system. In this sense, it will be necessary to analyze the institute of euthanasia from the perspective of the principle of private autonomy and from the perspective of bioethics and biolaw that bring together legal, ethical and medical themes.  Euthanasia is criminalized in Brazil, for this reason it is necessary to search for international legislation for a better understanding of the application of this institute, as well as the use of a living will to impose advance directives of the individual's will.