An article by Vera Lúcia Raposo in the Public Ministry Review

Vieira de Almeida & Associados' lawyer Vera Lúcia Raposo, is the author of an article published in the Public Ministry Review on the Advance Directive. Vera Lúcia Raposo specializes in Biomedical law and argues that, in case of a terminal illness, "refusal for life support devices cannot be regarded as attempted suicide or euthanasia. Such a decision will only allow the situation to take its natural course. In case of death, this will result from the illness and not from any injury by self or third person infliction." The article is published in the 2011 first term Review.