tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165916407932834077.post5350291211177650464..comments2024-03-28T07:49:27.246-05:00Comments on Medical Futility Blog: Growing Legal & Ethical Clarity on Legitimacy of Hastening Death by VSEDThaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03559981121040578536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165916407932834077.post-53003018498536222052013-09-16T15:19:30.000-05:002013-09-16T15:19:30.000-05:00You know that Hospices have to be very careful tha...You know that Hospices have to be very careful that VSED is truly voluntary. I would assume that when VSED is requested that The Hospice wants witnessed signature of the competent patient or the surrogate/care giver with Power of Attorney to the request for VSED in the Hospice setting. <br /><br />It is probably true that the majority of Hospice patients die from dehydration anyway --- rather than the actual terminal disease because the terminal disease leads to dehydration <br /><br />VSED is certainly an easier and faster and cheaper way to die than choking to death ---!!Carol Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209388385525349594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-165916407932834077.post-60513803021283293432013-09-13T19:17:06.303-05:002013-09-13T19:17:06.303-05:00Yes, I believe VSED is a better solution for termi...Yes, I believe VSED is a better solution for terminal patients than legalizing assisted suicide. <br />It is a form of voluntary shortening of life that is legal and that requires reaffirmation of the patient of their desire to shorten life to shorten suffering well into the dehydration process, <br />With Hospice standing by to ease the final stages, patients sleep into death and primary care givers and family who have been supportive in standing by the patient's decision are absolved of any guilt for the shortening of the life of the patient. They also benefit because they are spared the pain of watching a long journey into death. Instead of months, it is just a matter of days! <br /> <br /> Carol Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07209388385525349594noreply@blogger.com