title: [The rights of the person at the end of life, in light of the new legislation].
abstract: In the last two years there has been a major legislative developments on the individual rights at the end of life process. The aim of this paper is to analyze the content of these new laws in order to know how are regulated the individual rights during the process of death, the duties of health workers who treat these patients and guarantees that public authorities and health institutions are required to provide to ensure the proper exercise of these rights.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toro Flores
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D028701:Patient Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013030:Spain; D013727:Terminal Care