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FLORES SALGADO, Lucerito Ludmila. Autonomy and representation of the will in the living and document will advance in Mexico. Rev. IUS [online]. 2015, vol.9, n.36, pp.155-178. ISSN 1870-2147.

This paper aims to introduce the living will currently existing in Mexico. It forms part of a struggle that has been taking place over recent years in the world in order to legalize so-called "assisted suicide", that is commonly known as euthanasia.

The fact of getting to know the legal alignments of a Living Will to health workers and patients will allow the will of terminal patients, with irreversible damages, to be valid, without any criminal sanction to the doctor. With the existence of a regulation in force, it is feasible for individuals to carry it out, even though the ignorance may be real and the procedure is minimal for the public notaries.

In order to do this research, we made a study of concepts from the perspective of civil law. The Living Will is known by the name of Testament Vital in other countries; this term is related to the appearance of succession; thus, this paper will examine the manifestation of the will, the concept of assisted death and its international regulation. Thereafter the laws pertaining to the Living Will will be located and assessed in the District Federal of Mexico City.

Palavras-chave : Advance directive; Living Will; assisted death.