Articles

The following is a list of articles we see fit to share, on topics around end-of-life choices, and end-of-life care.

How to Make Doctors Think About Death

End-of-life treatment guidelines would help families, physicians and nurses confront the inevitable with care and compassion.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/27/opinion/sunday/health-death.html

Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking (VSED)

Below are several in-depth resources pertaining to VSED.

Overview of VSED written by Judith K. Schwarz, PhD, RN
Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking: A Legal Treatment Option at the End of Life, by Thaddeus Mason Pope.
Dying Wish: a documentary about hospice patient Dr. Michael Miller who chooses to voluntarily stop eating and drinking.

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