Advance Directive Would Permit Withholding Food And Water In Severe Dementia : Shots - Health News : NPR

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Summary:

"Treading into ethically and legally uncertain territory, a New York end-of-life agency has approved a new document that lets people stipulate in advance that they don't want food or water if they develop severe dementia...."

Link:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/03/27/597499464/-aggressive-advance-directive-authorizes-stopping-food-in-cases-of-dementia

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consent competence euthanasia

Date tagged:

03/31/2018, 11:51

Date published:

03/31/2018, 07:51