Acta Portuguesa de Nutrição
ISSN 2183-5985
OLIVEIRA, Mariana Leitão de PINHO-REIS, Cíntia. DYING WITHOUT EATING AND DRINKING: AN OVERVIEW ABOUT VOLUNTARILY STOPPING OF EATING AND DRINKING IN THE END OF LIFE. []. , 25, pp.48-53. 11--2021. ISSN 2183-5985. https://doi.org/10.21011/apn.2021.2509.
The current review pretends to understand the state of the art regarding voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking in the end of life related to: definitions, motivations, process of death, and its relation to the concepts of assisted suicide, euthanasia, autonomy and palliative care.
: Voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking; Palliative care; Euthanasia; End of life; Ethical issues; Assisted suicide.