Patient refusal of hydration and nutrition. An alternative to physician-assisted suicide or voluntary active euthanasia

MeSH terms

• Decision Making
• Euthanasia, Active, Voluntary*
• Euthanasia, Passive*
• Fluid Therapy*
• Humans
• Mental Competency
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
• Personal Autonomy
• Physician's Role
• Right to Die
• Stress, Psychological
• Suicide, Assisted*
• Treatment Refusal*
• United States
• Withholding Treatment