Abstract

Presentation of the case of a patient of 80 years with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease for 12 years and with a history of other chronic pathologies to whom the dermatologist in a consultation, diagnoses a malignant melanoma with metastasis and starts medical and surgical treatment for control of his ma­lignant pathology. The patient previously and in use of his mental faculties had informed his family that if a new pathology appeared he did not want to receive treatment for it except for palliative care that would allow him a digni­fied death. The doctor ignored this manifestation and subjected the patient to aggressive treatments for his pathology that prolonged his suffering and did not allow him a dignified death.