Tag: Euthanasia by starvation

Nurse helping sick senior women to eat fruits at hospital - concept of healthcare, medicare and caretaker

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
August 11, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Arthur Caplan, artificial hydration and nutrition (AHN), Euthanasia by starvation}

Should Caregivers Be Forced to Starve Dementia Patients to Death?

_{If you did such a thing to a dog, you would go to jail. When will we say, “Enough: This is too much to ask”?} _{Wesley J. Smith
August 11, 2025

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

A very influential bioethicist supports forcing caregivers to cause death by dehydration and starvation, even when a patient willingly eats. Read More ›

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Wesley J. Smith
Date
February 5, 2025

Categorized
Ethics, Medicine and Health

Tagged
Dementia patients (slow starvation), Euthanasia by starvation, Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF), VSED advance directive}

Will We Starve Dementia Patients in Slow Motion?

_{There is a proposal on the table to barely feed — i.e., malnourish — dementia patients who have previously signed a directive} _{Wesley J. Smith
February 5, 2025

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Ethics, Medicine and Health}

Proponents argue that the patient should be bound by the directive even if he wants to eat and drink; this softens the public up for death by lethal injection. Read More ›