1,001 Ethical Issues with Voluntarily Stopping of Eating and Drinking

Authors

Ralf J. Jox

Files

Publication Date

10-17-2017

Keywords

ethics, end-of-life, VSED

Disciplines

Bioethics and Medical Ethics | Palliative Care

Abstract

While the professional and public discussion has been focusing on assisted suicide for many years, another practice at the end of life has largely been neglected: voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED). The latter is increasingly being advocated as a presumably more humane and ethically less problematic alternative to assisted suicide. Dr. Jox challenges this view in this presentation.

Specialty/Research Institute

Biomedical Ethics

Specialty/Research Institute

Palliative Care

Conference / Event Name

Open Forum

Comments

Curtis R. Holzgang, M.D., MACP Visiting Scholar