Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking.

Related Articles Voluntary Stopping Eating and Drinking. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 03;66(3):441-445 Authors: Wax JW, An AW, Kosier N, Quill TE Abstract Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is a deliberate, self-initiated attempt to hasten death in the setting of suffering refractory to optimal palliative interventions or prolonged dying that a person finds intolerable. Individuals who consider VSED tend to be older, have a serious but not always imminently terminal illness, place a high value on independence, and have significant illness burden. VSED can theoretically be performed independent of clinician assistance and therefore avoids many of the ethical…
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