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Cannot die in hospital even if you beg to.

Aging Well | Last Active: May 30 12:44am | Replies (68)

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@rashida

@kayraymat my understanding of a DNR - Do Not Resuscitate - means do not resuscitate in the event of a heart attack. I don’t think letting someone die without food or water, or without tube feeding, comes under a DNR directive from a patient. Starving a person to death seems inhumane to me and even if a person refuses to eat for whatever reason (difficulty swallowing being one, in which case the patient should be tube fed).

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If a terminally ill person chooses to die by refusing food and water that is their choice. A feeding tube would be abusive. If you are a hospice patient a feeding tube is not allowed. It is considered curative and that is not the mission of hospice.

Even if they don't want the tube?