Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Mariana Leitão de  and  PINHO-REIS, Cíntia. DYING WITHOUT EATING AND DRINKING: AN OVERVIEW ABOUT VOLUNTARILY STOPPING OF EATING AND DRINKING IN THE END OF LIFE. Acta Port Nutr [online]. 2021, n.25, pp.48-53.  Epub Oct 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.

Keywords : Voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking; Palliative care; Euthanasia; End of life; Ethical issues; Assisted suicide.

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