A Hastened Death by Self-Denial of Food and Drink
Boudewijn Chabot, "A Hastened Death by Self-Denial of Food and Drink"
English | ISBN: 9090236783 | 2008 | 64 pages | PDF | 23 MB
English | ISBN: 9090236783 | 2008 | 64 pages | PDF | 23 MB
Over the past seven years Dr. Chabot MD PhD has systematically collected empirical data in the Dutch population about a total of 110 individuals who had abstained from food and drink and had died. The results were published in Dutch in a PhD study at the University of Amsterdam in 2007. This book does not take a preconcieved position for or against a hastened death by stopping eating and drinking. The literature provides conflicting opinions as to whether it might be a good or a horrible death without offering extensive documentation. Dr. Chabot has tries to disentangle the knot of conflicting information by analyzing the many cases that were reported by relatives, nurses, and doctors. In this book he outlines what circumstances may have promoted a good death and what circumstances may have turned other cases into a bad death, The central aim of this book is to stimulate communication at the end of life between patients, their relatives, physicians and nurses who might become involved with a hastened death by self-denial of food and drink in elderly or very ill patients.