Schmidhuber M (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2019
Book Volume: 44
Pages Range: 43-45
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1055/a-0822-7013
Voluntary refusal of food and fluids, also known as fasting to die, is a controversial phenomenon in medical and nursing setting. It is a free responsible decision of a patient in ability of reason. However physicians, nurses and relatives could have an ethical problem with this decision. Sometimes this decision is connected with suicide. in the following article I will argue why fasting to die could be a decent leave from life and why fasting to die is letting die and not suicide.
APA:
Schmidhuber, M. (2019). Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids - Fasting to Die as a Solution at the End of Life? Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin, 44(1), 43-45. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-0822-7013
MLA:
Schmidhuber, Martina. "Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids - Fasting to Die as a Solution at the End of Life?" Aktuelle Ernährungsmedizin 44.1 (2019): 43-45.
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