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Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in the age of medical assistance in dying: ethical considerations for physicians

Published:2022-01 Issue: Volume:16 Page:263235242211121
ISSN:2632-3524
Container-title:Palliative Care and Social Practice
language:en
Short-container-title:Palliat�Care

Author:

Allatt Peter¹,Kim Daniel D.M.²^ORCID,Hébert Philip³^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, Toronto, ON, CanadaOntario MAiD Community of Practice, 76 Plateau Cres, Toronto, ON M3C 1M8, Canada

2. Joint Centre for Bioethics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3. Department of Family and Community Medicine, The University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Abstract

Since 2016, when medical assistance in dying (MAiD) became legal in Canada, healthcare professionals (HCPs) have become familiar with exploring and acting upon patients’ wishes to hasten death (WTHD). In contrast to MAiD, the literature on the voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is very limited and there are no standards of practice or legal guidance to support HCPs. In this article, the legal and ethical literature as regards VSED is critically reviewed and new standards of practice are proposed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Advanced and Specialized Nursing

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/26323524221112170

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