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Mario Monicelli's Grande Guerra: the right of living and the choice of dying

2011; BMJ; Volume: 37; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1136/jme.2011.042267

1473-4257

Matteo Gulino, Giacomo Frati, Gianluca Montanari Vergallo, Paola Frati,

Italian Fascism and Post-war Society

Monicelli's suicide has reawakened a political and legal dispute about the medical role in end-of-life decisions, allowing us to discuss medical, ethical, legal, religious and political debate in various paradigmatic conscious and unconscious cases of end-of-life decision. We analyse the uncertainty about the 'a priori' choice between different specific legislative systems, highlighting the need for a unifying model, dictated by the existing trust in the critical relationship between patient and doctor, whose primary mission should be not only 'to cure' but also 'to care'.