That is a very challenging issue. However, so long as the patient is decisionally-capable, they have an absolute legal right to refuse ANY intervention, including life-prolonging measures. Ask for an ethics consult and explore a risk management  approach. – Judy

December 8, 2021

What are the best ways to approach institutional partners re VSED (e.g., aged care, nursing and care homes)?

That is a very challenging issue. However, so long as the patient is decisionally-capable, they have an absolute legal right to refuse ANY intervention, including life-prolonging […]
December 8, 2021

How do professional caregivers (for example hospice staff) get training for attending to VSED folks?

There is certainly a lot of very useful, practical clinical information in our book about VSED and there is also information online (though one must be […]
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