PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Gavioli, Nicola
TI  - Bioethical Issues in Contemporary Brazilian Culture
AID  - 10.3368/lbr.54.2.129
DP  - 2017 Dec 01
TA  - Luso-Brazilian Review
PG  - 129--151
VI  - 54
IP  - 2
4099  - http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/54/2/129.short
4100  - http://lbr.uwpress.org/content/54/2/129.full
SO  - Luso-Braz Rev2017 Dec 01; 54
AB  - 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).