Refusal of oral feeding and nutrition or a way to speed up dying without asking permission: voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking in the end of life

Cintia Pinho-Reis; Manuel Luís Capelas

doi:10.14422/rib.i27.y2025.009

Refusal of oral feeding and nutrition or a way to speed up dying without asking permission: voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking in the end of life

Cintia Pinho-Reis^*
, Manuel Luís Capelas

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Terminally ill patients experience conditions of life that can become unbearable resulting in the wish to end their life prematurely. One way to end one’s life prematurely is by voluntary stopping of eating and drinking, however this can also be considered a way of refusing food and water like refusal of artificial nutrition and hydration.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Revista Iberoamericana de Bioética
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14422/rib.i27.y2025.009
Publication status	Published - 5 Mar 2025

Keywords

Voluntarily stopping of eating and drinking
Ethical issues
End of life
Palliative care

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CIIS - Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Health: UID/04279/2025. Pluriannual 2025-2029
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