Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is a well-known phenomenon among
palliative care professionals. This study intent to distinguish between different forms of …

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 …

Some residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities with lethal or serious chronic illnesses may
express a wish to hasten their death by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) …

Many books have been published about physician-assisted death. This book offers a
comprehensive and in-depth examination of that subject, but it also extends the discussion …

Background Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking as an option to end life prematurely is
gaining international attention, and health care professionals are increasingly confronted …

Objective We aimed to determine how often patients who choose voluntary stopping of
eating and drinking (VSED) are accompanied by Swiss family physicians, how physicians …

Aims To assess the incidence of voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) in long‐
term care and to gain insights into the attitudes of long‐term care nurses about the VSED …

Some persons with advanced disease but no significant cognitive impairments consciously
decide to stop taking food and fluids orally, even though they remain physically able to do …

Context Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is the self-determined decision of
an individual with the decision-making capacity to cause premature death. During the …

Background Health-care professionals are confronted with patients who wish to end their
lives through voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED). During VSED, symptoms such …