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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20790| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care |
| Authors: | Stängle, Sabrina Schnepp, Wilfried Büche, Daniel Fringer, André |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1024/1662-9647/a000249 10.21256/zhaw-20790 |
| Published in: | GeroPsych |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Hogrefe |
| ISSN: | 1662-9647 1662-971X |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Ambulatory care; Decision making; Frequency; Palliative care; Professional attitude; Refusal of food and liquid; Survey and questionnaire; Terminal care; Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking |
| Subject (DDC): | 610.73: Nursing |
| Abstract: | Besides physician-assisted suicide, there is another end-of-life practice under discussion: voluntary stopping of eating and drinking (VSED). In this study, we assess the occurrence of VSED in outpatient care and evaluate nurses’ attitudes about it. We recruited 395 nurses (24% response rate) in our online survey. The occurrence of VSED in Switzerland lies at 0.5%. Most nurses (84.6%) were aware of VSED, and 39.5% had experienced it with patients. VSED was mostly (70.3%) regarded as a natural death, and nearly all (95.1%) were willing to care for these patients; however, about one-quarter (26.5%) expressed moral concerns. Our results show that VSED occurs in rare cases, and that nurses are willing to accompany patients during this VSED, but express moral concerns. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20790 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | School of Health Sciences |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Nursing (IPF) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) in Switzerland from different points of view |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Gesundheit |
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Stängle, S., Schnepp, W., Büche, D., & Fringer, A. (2020). Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care. GeroPsych. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000249
Stängle, S. et al. (2020) ‘Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care’, GeroPsych [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000249.
S. Stängle, W. Schnepp, D. Büche, and A. Fringer, “Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care,” GeroPsych, 2020, doi: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000249.
STÄNGLE, Sabrina, Wilfried SCHNEPP, Daniel BÜCHE und André FRINGER, 2020. Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care. GeroPsych. 2020. DOI 10.1024/1662-9647/a000249
Stängle, Sabrina, Wilfried Schnepp, Daniel Büche, and André Fringer. 2020. “Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking in Swiss Outpatient Care.” GeroPsych. https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000249.
Stängle, Sabrina, et al. “Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking in Swiss Outpatient Care.” GeroPsych, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1024/1662-9647/a000249.
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