Abstract

DADALTO, Luciana  and  CARVALHO, Sarah. The Bioethical Challenges of the End-of-Life Voluntary Interruption of Hydration and Nutrition in the Brazilian Legal Syste. rev.latinoam.bioet. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp.127-142.  Epub Dec 31, 2021. ISSN 1657-4702.  https://doi.org/10.18359/rlbi.5181.

Through theoretical research of an exploratory nature, this article addresses how the right to die is treated in the Brazilian legal system; thus, it highlights its main nomenclatures: dysthanasia, orthothanasia, palliative care, advance directives of will, and medically assisted death. The primary purpose is to deal with the voluntary interruption of eating and drinking as a possibility to hasten death and, therefore, discuss whether it is a viable means to have a dignified death. We emphasize that the procedure is not explicitly provided for in the Brazilian regulations and that there are no studies into its legitimacy as a means to achieve a dignified death in the national system, which justifies this article.

Keywords : Autonomy; bioethics; end of life; voluntary interruption of eating and drinking; dignified death.

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