<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><xml><records><record><source-app name="HighWire" version="7.x">Drupal-HighWire</source-app><ref-type name="Journal Article">17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gavioli, Nicola</style></author></authors><secondary-authors></secondary-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bioethical Issues in Contemporary Brazilian Culture</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Luso-Brazilian Review</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017-12-01 00:00:00</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pages><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129-151</style></pages><doi><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10.3368/lbr.54.2.129</style></doi><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">54</style></volume><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><abstract><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article focuses on the way in which contemporary Brazilian literature participates in the international debate regarding bioethical issues, with a particular focus on the representation and discussion of euthanasia and assisted suicide. Analyzing novels by Carlos Heitor Cony (A morte e a vida, 2007) and Eliane Brum (Uma duas, 2011), short texts by Moacyr Scliar and Dráuzio Varella in dialogue with scholars in Critical Disability Studies, I demonstrate how Brazilian literature today is engaged in such problematic discussions as: patients’ rights, disability, and “good death,” presenting unusual points of view (A morte e a vida) and offering nuanced approaches that do not necessarily fit into binary simplifications for or against euthanasia (Uma duas).</style></abstract></record></records></xml>