Remove 2010 Remove Informed consent Remove Palliate
article thumbnail

Hastening Death by Stopping Eating and Drinking: Hope Wechkin, Thaddeus Pope, & Josh Briscoe

GeriPal

And the goal, even with comfort feeding only, and what was a revelation to me is it was introduced back in 2010 as a response to the recognition that tube feeding was fraught with problems, you know, caused decubitus ulcers, didn’t extend life. Who do you give informed consent to? Hope Wechkin brought this topic to us.

Feeding 197