With the industrial and scientific revolution, modern medicine has experienced its most impressive advance. Medication, therapy, operations, implants: all means are available to preserve the life of patients. And even to remove it. Indeed, many countries offer medical aid in dying to help patients suffering from a life-threatening illness to end their suffering. As a matter of fact, the article narrates the story of Matthew Donnelly, a patient with a severe terminal phase of skin cancer which made him loose several parts of his body and left him blind. Agonizing in an unrelenting pain…