Expert:innenempfehlungen zum freiwilligen Verzicht auf Essen und Trinken im Sterbeprozess
摘要
The considerations and recommendations formulated in the paper ‘Starvation and dehydration at the end of life with special consideration of voluntary refusal of food and fluids (FVNF)’ are intended to raise awareness of an issue that is often insufficiently addressed in clinical practice and for which there is a lack of appropriate training and education opportunities. This leads to a mistreatment with an unnecessarily increased symptom burden during the dying process and to conflictual disputes within the treating teams, with and between relatives and loved ones.