Perhaps more than other places (except Seattle), VSED is a recognized end-of-life option in Minnesota. Here are just two indicia.
First, this week, the local ABC TV station broadcast yet again on an already high-profile case of Cheryl Hauser.
Second, the upcoming Minnesota Network of Hospice & Palliative Care (MNHPC) annual meeting has two sessions on VSED.
VSED: Top 10 Things Minnesota Clinicians Must Know When Patients or Surrogates Decide to Stop Eating and Drinking - Vic Sandler, MD -- Thaddeus Pope, JD, PhD
VSED Eligibility in Dementia: “Dementia is Incompatible with Who I Am” - Florence Wright, MSW, LICSW, APHSW-C -- Zach Razavi, MD
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