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Cover -- Voluntarily Stopping Eating And Drinking -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I. Voluntarily Stopping Eating And Drinking (vsed) By People With Decision-making Capacity -- 1. Illustrative Cases -- Al (amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis): Looking For Options To Hasten Death -- Bill (breast Cancer): Preference For Medical Aid In Dying -- Mrs. H. (early Alzheimer's Disease): How Best To Time Vsed -- G.w. (lung Cancer): Family And Staff Conflict -- 2. Clinical Issues -- 3. Ethical Issues 4. Legal Issues -- 5. Institutional Issues -- 6. Best Practices, Enduring Challenges, And Opportunities For Vsed -- Timothy E. Quill, Paul T. Menzel, Thaddeus M. Pope, And Judith K. Schwarz -- Part Ii. Stopping Eating And Drinking By Advance Directive (sed By Ad) For Persons Without Decision-making Capacity -- 7. Illustrative Cases -- Mrs. H. (early Alzheimer's): Speculation About The Challenge Of Waiting -- Steve (early Dementia): Patient And Family Challenges -- Patricia (moderate Dementia): Hastening Death By Sed Versus Preemptive Suicide Charles (severe Dementia): Refusing Assistance With Oral Feeding -- 8. Clinical Issues -- 9. Ethical Issues -- 10. Legal Issues -- 11. Institutional Issues -- 12. Best Practices, Enduring Challenges, And Opportunities For Sed By Ad -- Timothy E. Quill, Paul T. Menzel, Thaddeus M. Pope, And Judith K. Schwarz -- Appendices -- A. Recommended Elements Of An Advance Directive For Stopping Eating And Drinking (ad For Sed) -- B. Sample Advance Directives For Sed -- C. Cause Of Death On Death Certificates -- D. Position Statements And Clinical Guidance -- E. Personal Narratives -- F. Glossary -- Index. Edited By Timothy E. Quill, Paul T. Menzel, Thaddeus M. Pope, Judith K. Schwarz. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.