@article{ref1,
title="Hospice care for patients who choose to hasten death by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking",
journal="Journal of hospice and palliative nursing",
year="2014",
author="Schwarz, J.K.",
volume="16",
number="3",
pages="126-131",
abstract="Some hospice and palliative care organizations are considering the merits of creating written policies to guide clinicians' responses to patient requests for information and support for a voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED)-related hastened death. How hospice clinicians understand the meaning of a request to hasten dying and the legality and morality of the VSED option will determine their responses. Some may view a plan to intentionally hasten dying by fasting as an act of suicide that should be discouraged; others may regard VSED as an ethically appropriate decision to forego an unwanted life-prolonging measure. A discussion of the ethical and legal pros and cons of this option will be presented within the context of a case of a patient who requested hospice support for her decision to VSED. This case will illustrate a range of beliefs among team members and the potential benefit of having a written policy to help mediate interteam conflict.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1522-2179",
doi="10.1097/NJH.0000000000000053",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NJH.0000000000000053"
}