Introduction:

Family medicine, within its biopsychosocial approach, welcomes the comprehensive assessment of each individual in his or her life course, where it is essential to integrate all bioethical principles to provide adequate, timely and humanized care. The approach of the family medicine specialist at the end of life should be linked to these aspects, which allows extending the clinical relationship of the patient to the family nucleus and the health team.

Objective:

To discuss bioethical principles from an integrative perspective based on the review of the main legal paragraphs that have been developed in Colombia since the C-239 ruling of 1997 in relation to the right to die with dignity.

Methods:

A narrative review was carried out through searches in PubMed, Elsevier, SciELO and in the normativity of the Colombian context.

Conclusions:

The availability of information allows clarity about the concepts at the end of life and the work of health professionals at this stage, which allows providing the patient and family with clear information and alternatives in their comprehensive management, which dignifies the doctor-patient-family-health team relationship.

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