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Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking : a normative comparison with refusing lifesaving treatment and advance directives

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MENZEL, Paul T.

Refusal of lifesaving treatment, and such refusal by advance directive, are widely recognized as ethically and legally permissible. Voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) is not. Ethically and legally, how does VSED compare with these two more established ways for patients to control the end of life?

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