Type: Order

Authority: National Courts Cour de cassation (Italy)

Date: 05/18/2019

Subject: The order of the Court of Cassation, in the event of anticipated appointment of the so called amministratore di sostegno for a person still mentally competent, establishes that such appointment may also provide for the refusal of certain medical treatments, also in the light of articles 2, 3 and 32 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Original language: Italian

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Art. 3 Physical and mental integrity - Solidarity - Art. 35 Preventive health care

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