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Rosemary Bowen’s Story
Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
Rosemary Bowen’s Story

At age 94, Rosemary Bowen hastened her death by voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) in 2018. For twenty years, Rosemary Bowen had told her family that she would hasten her death when she was no longer able to live independently. Several months after suffering a back injury, she decided...

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Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking (VSED): An Overview
Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking (VSED): An Overview

This presentation includes background clinical and legal information about voluntarily stopping eating & drinking (VSED), how it can be used for a peaceful, gentle death, and a video presentation of an elderly woman who chose a VSED death. The video was lovingly made by her daughter with her consent, and...

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VSED: Exploring an End of Life Option for Suffering Patients
Voluntarily Stopping Eating & Drinking
VSED: Exploring an End of Life Option for Suffering Patients

This lecture addresses questions about voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) as an option to hasten death for terminally ill patients. The lecture features Judith Schwarz, PhD, RN, Former Clinical Director of End of Life Choices New York and Timothy Kirk, PhD, Ethics Consultant and Professor of Philosophy.

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