What is Voluntary Starvation (VSED) and Its Role in End-of-Life Care?
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Recent research in Switzerland estimated that voluntary stopping eating and drinking (VSED), a form of voluntary starvation, accounted for 1.7% of deaths in nursing homes, highlighting its growing presence in end-of-life planning. This deliberate act is a complex end-of-life option chosen by a competent adult seeking to control the timing and manner of their death due to unbearable suffering from a terminal or incurable illness.
