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

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And she was from Oregon, of course, and in Oregon in 2012, she had completed an advanced directive for stopping eating and drinking once she had advanced dementia. But at the same time, we’re saving a lot of moral distress of the long term care staff in terms of having to bear watching people not have thirst needs addressed.

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