Palliative care

End-of-life/VSED conversation between Lewis Cohen, Jeff Zesiger, and Fran Volkmann

/ Book corner, End of life planning, Palliative care, VSED

In late 2024, Forbes Library in Northampton, Mass., hosted a conversation about Dr. Lewis Cohen’s latest book, Winter’s End, a case study of a patient with early-onset Alzheimer’s dementia who chose to use VSED to hasten his death before the late stages of the disease. Also on the discussion panel were Dr. Jeff Zesiger, a […]

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“Mr. Smith Has No Mealtimes”: Minimal Comfort Feeding for Patients with Advanced Dementia

/ End of life planning, Palliative care, VSED

A new open access article was published in February 2025 in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (JPSM). Co-authored by Hope Wechkin, Paul Menzel, Elizabeth Loggers, Thaddeus Pope, Peter Reagan, and Timothy Quill, the article discusses the approach of Minimal Comfort Feeding (MCF) for cases of advanced dementia. The abstract is below. To read

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GeriPal Podcast on issues around SED, VSED, and MAiD

/ Education, Medical aid-in-dying, Palliative care, VSED

In March, GeriPal, a geriatrics and palliative care podcast, invited Hope Wechkin, medical director of EvergreenHealth home hospice, Thaddeus Pope, JD, and Dr. Joshua Briscoe on to discuss ethical issues around using an advanced directive to stop eating and drinking (SED), as well as the topic of voluntarily stopping eating and drinking (VSED) as a potential

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In the News: VRNW Founder interviewed by CASCADIA DAILY NEWS

/ In the news, Medical providers, Palliative care

In mid-May, VRNW co-founder Marie Eaton was interviewed for an article that appeared in the Cascadia Daily News,  a locally owned newspaper based out of Bellingham. Staff reporter Ralph Schwartz interviewed Eaton for an article about palliative care in Whatcom County: “‘Devastated’: PeaceHealth makes cuts to palliative care; decision to reduce services for seriously ill a

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