Advice and care for patients who die by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking is not assisted suicide

BACKGROUND: A competent patient has the right to refuse foods and fluids even if the patient will die. The exercise of this right, known as voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED), is sometimes proposed as an alternative to physician assisted suicide. However, there is ethical and legal unce...

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Autores principales: McGee, Andrew, Miller, Franklin G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29282122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0994-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5745593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29282122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-017-0994-2

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