Libertà terapeutica e diritto all’autodeterminazione del malato terminale

[Autom. eng. transl.] The work deals with regulatory interventions on the subject of therapeutic freedom and the patient's right to self-determination. Laws of 8 March 2017, no. 24 (so-called Gelli-Bianco) and 22 December 2017, n. 219 (on the subject of informed consent) seem to invite the professional to independently select the therapeutic approach, to comply with ministerial guidelines and to refrain - under certain conditions - from resorting to objectively useless or disproportionate treatments. The author wonders about the role of the terminally ill patient's choice in the choice of therapy, as well as the penal implications that arise from the interaction, even conflicting, between the right to self-determination and the autonomy of the healthcare professional in decisions related to the best care interest. of the patient.