VRFF-VSED - Major Topic of Conference

Over the past decade, VSED-VRFF has not received very much attention either in the medical literature or at bioethics conferences.  But that is now changing.  Compassion & Choices has begun an educational initiative.  And a major conference this October, in Victoria, Australia, devotes two hours to the topic.





Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids (VRFF) by Currently Competent Persons

08:30 The reality: representative cases — Nan Maitland (7 min)

08:37 The legality of medical and nursing assistance — Ian Freckelton (12 min)

08:49 Overcoming challenges to VRFF — Dr Stanley Terman (5  min)

08:54 The nursing ethics — Susan Sherson (8 min)

09:02 Some ethical reflections on VRFF — Helga Kuhse (12 min)

09:14 The requirements for a good outcome — Tijn Hagens (7 min)

Voluntary Refusal of Food and Fluids (VRFF) by Advance Healthcare Directive

09:21 Keynote address: MyWay Cards — Dr Stanley Terman (25 min)

09:46 Legal view of refusal of assisted oral feeding — Ian Freckelton (20 min)

10:06 Progress in The Netherlands — Ans Baars (9 min)

10:15 Questions from the floor (15 min)