Title: Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED), physician-assisted suicide (PAS), or neither in the last stage of life? PAS: no; VSED: it depends.
Authors: Jansen, Lynn A.
Abstract: The article presents physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED). Topics discussed include the patients management, the palliative care, and the artificial hydration and nutrition. Also mentioned are the patient suicide, the aggressive symptom management, and the mental illness management.
Subjects: PATIENT management; MENTAL illness; HYDRATION; SUICIDE -- Social aspects; NUTRITION
Publication: Annals of Family Medicine, 2015, Vol 13, Issue 5, p410
ISSN: 1544-1709
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1849

Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED), physician-assisted suicide (PAS), or neither in the last stage of life? PAS: no; VSED: it depends.

Jansen, Lynn A.