Abstract
Although, since its decriminalization in 1997 until its current regulation, euthanasia in the Colombian legal system has been closely linked to human dignity and patient’s autonomy, there are still issues to be analyzed. Therefore, this text will study why access to this procedure has been limited to patients in the terminal phase of a condition. This analysis will focus on the situation of a particular group: psychiatric patients. Afterwards, some parameters will be proposed for the regulation of the access of these and other patients to the right to die with dignity.