Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking at the end of life – a ‘systematic search and review’ giving insight into an option of hastening death in capacitated adults at the end of life

BACKGROUND: The terminally ill person’s autonomy and control are important in preserving the quality of life in situations of unbearable suffering. Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) at the end of life has been discussed over the past 20 years as one possibility of hastening death. Thi...

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Autores principales: Ivanović, Nataša, Büche, Daniel, Fringer, André
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24400678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-13-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3893440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24400678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-13-1

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