In the past 30 years numerous cases related to patients who had terminal, irreversible diseases, or both, were presented in different courts around the world, most of them by their families who wanted to suspend ANH or other medical treatment which was already in place. They argued that their family lives had come to an end and that the support methods in place only prolonged their agony.
En los últimos 30 años, múltiples casos relacionados con pacientes que cursaban con enfermedades irreversibles, terminales o ambas fueron presentados en diferentes tribunales alrededor del mundo; la mayoría de ellos por parte de su familia, que deseaba suspender la NAH u otro tipo de tratamiento médico ya instaurado, argumentando que la vida de su familiar había llegado a su fin y que los métodos de soporte instaurados solo prolongaban su agonía.