[Durgical](https://durgical.com/en/) › [DurgiPedia](https://durgical.com/en/durgipedia/) › [Medical ethics](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/) › End of life and donation # End of life and donation Advance directives, limiting life-sustaining treatment, palliative sedation, euthanasia in Colombia, brain death and organ donation. 14 pages ## Law - [**Advance directives (Documento de Voluntad Anticipada)** A document in which a capable person writes down which treatments they accept or refuse if they…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/advance-directives/) - [**Ley 1733 de 2014: palliative care** The Colombian law giving people with terminal or serious chronic illness the right to palliative…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/ley-1733-de-2014-palliative-care/) - [**Ley 1805 de 2016: presumed consent for organ donation** In Colombia everyone is presumed to be an organ donor after death, unless they recorded their…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/ley-1805-de-2016-presumed-consent-for-organ-donation/) - [**Resolución 813 de 2026: the euthanasia procedure and adjusting therapeutic effort** The Ministry of Health norm that sets how euthanasia is requested, assessed and carried out, and…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/resolucion-813-de-2026-the-euthanasia-procedure-and-adjusting-therapeutic-effort/) ## Topic - [**Artificial nutrition and hydration at the end of life** Tube or intravenous feeding is a medical treatment: it needs an indication, a goal and consent…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/artificial-nutrition-and-hydration-at-the-end-of-life/) - [**Brain death: the ethical and legal criteria in Colombia** Brain death is the irreversible loss of brainstem function; in Colombia it is the death of the…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/brain-death-the-ethical-and-legal-criteria-in-colombia/) - [**Killing and letting die: euthanasia, assisted suicide and withdrawal compared** Compares euthanasia, medically assisted suicide, withdrawing treatment and palliative sedation…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/killing-and-letting-die-euthanasia-assisted-suicide-and-withdrawal-compared/) - [**Limiting life-sustaining treatment: withholding and withdrawing** Matching treatment to what really helps the patient: not starting, or stopping, measures that no…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/limiting-life-sustaining-treatment-withholding-and-withdrawing/) - [**Living organ donation** A healthy person may donate a kidney or part of the liver if they are adult, capable, informed…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/living-organ-donation/) - [**Medical futility and do-not-resuscitate orders** A futile treatment cannot reach its goal; a do-not-resuscitate order says only that CPR will not…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/medical-futility-and-do-not-resuscitate-orders/) - [**Obligatory and optional treatments: proportionality** A treatment is obligatory if its benefits outweigh its burdens for that patient; if not, it is…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/obligatory-and-optional-treatments-proportionality/) - [**Quality-of-life judgements and QALYs** Deciding by quality of life is legitimate when the patient judges it; using it to value other…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/quality-of-life-judgements-and-qalys/) ## Court ruling - [**Euthanasia in Colombia: the Constitutional Court's rulings** In Colombia, euthanasia and medically assisted suicide are not crimes if a doctor performs them…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/euthanasia-in-colombia-the-constitutional-court-s-rulings/) ## Procedure - [**Palliative sedation** Lowering a patient's consciousness with drugs to relieve an unbearable symptom that nothing else…](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/palliative-sedation/) ## A to Z - [A](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/a/) - [B](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/b/) - [C](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/c/) - [D](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/d/) - [E](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/e/) - [F](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/f/) - [G](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/g/) - [H](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/h/) - [I](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/i/) - [J](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/j/) - [K](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/k/) - [L](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/l/) - [M](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/m/) - [N](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/n/) - [O](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/o/) - [P](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/p/) - [Q](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/q/) - [R](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/r/) - [S](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/s/) - [T](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/t/) - [U](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/u/) - [V](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/v/) - [W](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/a-z/w/) [← Medical ethics and health law](https://durgical.com/en/medical-ethics/) Educational content on ethics and health law; 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