Nursing Ethics and Professional Responsibility in Advanced Practice, Fourth Edition,
remains the only comprehensive textbook available on the ethical issues faced by APNs …

As dementia becomes more prevalent in the aging population, clinicians increasingly face
the challenge of caring for patients who had told family members that they preferred death to …

Background Thirst and dry mouth are common symptoms in terminally ill patients. In their
day-to-day practice, palliative care physicians regularly encounter ethical dilemmas …

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 …

Background Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED) is a way to end one's life
prematurely. We synthesized the empirical data on VSED. Methods In this systematic mixed …

Background Physician-assisted dying has been the subject of extensive discussion and
legislative activity both in Europe and North America. In this context, dying by voluntary …

Competent patients have considerable legal authority to control life‐and‐death care. They
may refuse medical life support, including medically delivered food and fluids. Even when …

When should we try to prevent suicide? Should it be facilitated for some people, in some
circumstances? For the last forty years, law and policy on suicide have followed two …

Despite the growing sophistication of palliative medicine, many individuals continue to suffer
at the end of life. It is well settled that patients, suffering or not, have the right to refuse life …

Bereits in 6. Auflage! Wenn für todkranke Menschen der Segen der Apparatemedizin zum
leidensverlängernden Fluch wird und sie sich wünschen zu sterben, gibt es einen Ausweg …