Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care

Stängle, Sabrina; Schnepp, Wilfried; Büche, Daniel; Fringer, André

doi:10.1024/1662-9647/a000249

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dc.contributor.author	Stängle, Sabrina	-
dc.contributor.author	Schnepp, Wilfried	-
dc.contributor.author	Büche, Daniel	-
dc.contributor.author	Fringer, André	-
dc.date.accessioned	2020-11-12T12:59:48Z	-
dc.date.available	2020-11-12T12:59:48Z	-
dc.date.issued	2020	-
dc.identifier.issn	1662-9647	de_CH
dc.identifier.issn	1662-971X	de_CH
dc.identifier.uri	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/20790	-
dc.description.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.	de_CH
dc.language.iso	en	de_CH
dc.publisher	Hogrefe	de_CH
dc.relation.ispartof	GeroPsych	de_CH
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	de_CH
dc.subject	Ambulatory care	de_CH
dc.subject	Decision making	de_CH
dc.subject	Frequency	de_CH
dc.subject	Palliative care	de_CH
dc.subject	Professional attitude	de_CH
dc.subject	Refusal of food and liquid	de_CH
dc.subject	Survey and questionnaire	de_CH
dc.subject	Terminal care	de_CH
dc.subject	Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking	de_CH
dc.subject.ddc	610.73: Pflege	de_CH
dc.title	Voluntary stopping of eating and drinking in Swiss outpatient care	de_CH
dc.type	Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift	de_CH
dcterms.type	Text	de_CH
zhaw.departement	Gesundheit	de_CH
zhaw.organisationalunit	Institut für Pflege (IPF)	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.1024/1662-9647/a000249	de_CH
dc.identifier.doi	10.21256/zhaw-20790	-
zhaw.funding.eu	No	de_CH
zhaw.originated.zhaw	Yes	de_CH
zhaw.publication.status	publishedVersion	de_CH
zhaw.publication.review	Peer review (Publikation)	de_CH
zhaw.funding.zhaw	Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) in Switzerland from different points of view	de_CH
zhaw.author.additional	No	de_CH
zhaw.display.portrait	Yes	de_CH
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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.