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Doctors have been given permission to let an anorexic woman starve herself to death after a judge ruled that force-feeding to keep her alive was ?not in her best interests?.
The woman, a ?highly intelligent? 29-year-old who weighs just 3st 2lb, has suffered with anorexia since she was 12 and has spent 90 per cent of her life in hospital since she was 14.
While she has stated that she does not want to die, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, refuses to eat because of a ?morbid fear? of putting on any weight.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ce-feeding-alive-best-interests.html?ITO=1490
The woman, a ?highly intelligent? 29-year-old who weighs just 3st 2lb, has suffered with anorexia since she was 12 and has spent 90 per cent of her life in hospital since she was 14.
While she has stated that she does not want to die, the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, refuses to eat because of a ?morbid fear? of putting on any weight.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ce-feeding-alive-best-interests.html?ITO=1490